Undiscussed by any of the talking heads, was Santorum’s great remark about doing his own taxes. The authenticity with which he gave his response is a quality that he should emphasize more often. It’s this contrast between the down-to-earth guy and the Lobbyist his campaign team needs to get right to take the conservative votes away from Newt.

A few hours infront of a mirror rehearsing his tax response before the debate would have made a world of difference. That remark should have gotten Newt-like applause, but a poor delivery robbed his line of its innate palatability.