I'll second this. As a long-time PA resident, it was actually a bit of a relief to see Santorum go so obviously and publicly batshit-loopy, because for a while he was being mentioned in a lot of forums as the kind of mild-mannered, attractive centrist Republican who would be an ideal Presidential candidate in the future. Those of us who were really paying attention knew that he wasn't even remotely centrist, but who listens to crazy liberals like me? So it was a relief to see the gloves come off along with the hinges. No one's arguing that Santorum's anything like a centrist now. I feel the same way about Santorum's meltdown as I do about Allen's. Even if Allen does hold onto his Senate seat, he's not exactly a likely candidate for a presidential nomination, which was not the case two years ago.