Rick Santorum started out visibly nervous last night but was able to fend off the expected attacks (from the likes of Ron Paul), and he delivered a competent, if not spectacular, performance. I get the feeling that what you see is pretty much what you get with him, with not a lot of upside. The window of opportunity is closing. If Santorum can continue his momentum and finish a solid third in New Hampshire and make a run in South Carolina, maybe he has a chance. But unless someone else gets into the race at some point, it looks as if Mitt Romney will be the Republican standard-bearer.
P.S. – Newt Gingrich was on his game.
About Stan Guthrie
Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers.
Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's Tell Me More, WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio's New Day Florida. A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
