Jesus did away with the devil (aka Satan) in Mark

Time for me to put on my theological threads so idiots like Santorum will have to deal with the actual Biblical textI don't have any theological threadsBut I am familiar with the gospel of MarkThe earliest and most authoritative text when it comes to Satan
Jesus explains in Mark the circumstances in which Satan is at an endIt is so contrary to Santorum and the stance of the GOP that it almost seems  written to show them upJesus says a house divided cannot standWhen the division ends Satan is done
Jesus was in the business of defeating SatanWhether you, wrongly, take this literallyOr, rightly, take it as truth that has to do with the psyche of humankindThe verdict is that long ago the excuse of blaming Satan for human fallibility was removed from the tableIt was removed by JesusJesus brought responsibility to the table and we have rejected it ever since
It takes an ignorant public and a woefully theologically-deprived churchto give credence to the notion of Satan today
Do I hear an Amen .... anywhere? 
THE TEXT IN MARK
[23] And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

[24] And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.

[25] And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

[26] And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes