Fuel delivery problem; maybe?

I have a new twist to the saga.

So tonight I started to get rid of the stupid blue clips and testing continuity and voltage. All the while I was testing the staring situation. After getting rid all of the clips, it finally starts up and runs as it should. I leave it run for about 10 minutes and go thru the wiring harness shaking and jiggling it to make sure I did't have a short somewhere and the car didn't shut off. I shut the car down and went to start it again AND NOTHING! No click and the starter is not engaging. I checked power at the starter and i have power there; so i'm guessing the starter gave up on me.

Could the starter have been my culprit the whole time?