Is Santorum a fiscal conservative?

There is no doubt that Rick Santorum has fired up the social conservative base of the GOP, but the dirty secret of Rick Santorum is that he is no fiscal conservative. Indeed, during his career in the Senate, the man was a disaster with a voting card on fiscal policy. He was not bad; he was awful.

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Now, like Romney needed to compromise in Massachusetts on social issues to be accepted, maybe Santorum was reading the tea leaves of big-spending Pennsylvania in deciding how to cast his votes.

So that then raises the question: do we want a President who is a weathervane? If so, either Santorum or Romney will fill the bill just nicely. But on fiscal issues, don't pretend one is any different than the other.

They are not.