This certainly chips away at his honeymoon period. It's just more bad news.

Any relationship with long-term potential has a honeymoon period, however brief, marked by the happy illusion that one's lover might be uniquely perfect. This fool's paradise is sustained by the elaborate deception artfully employed in every courtship: the diplomatic dodging of difficult issues, the careful concealing of unflattering flaws, and the strategic stressing of charming virtues. But as trust increases and each person grows weary of maintaining this initial beguilement, the blissfully blurry lens through which the other is perceived eventually refocuses to a clearer picture.

One of the things people did best at the office was to use flexibility to its last atom.

This is not a new debate. Debates of voting methods have been going on for hundreds of years.

Little things like this can add up and cause him to lose his 'golden boy' luster.

It will be a significant challenge for Santorum to show a divide between him and the White House.