dana, santorum is leading, ten points in those national polls. is he electable. >> if karen and the other democrats are not salivating, it's only because they are not confidence that santorum will prevail. of course, he would be an enormous gift to the democratic party. it's hard to imagine that republicans won't come to their senses. the birth control issue. now we have him saying that public education is an anacroism. he's so far outside of the re realmany of where a plausible candidate could be the it seems like it's in state of suspended animation. you see that republicans have know it's not going to get them where they need go. >> suspended animation.