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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSpreadingSantorum.com considering another run
Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum says he is open to another run for president in 2016. Santorum was asked about a possible presidential campaign Monday at THE WEEKLY STANDARD.
Im open to it, yeah, Santorum replied. I think theres a fight right now as to what the soul of the Republican partys going to be and the conservative movement, and we have something to say about that. I think from our battle, were not going to leave the field.
In 2012, Santorum won nearly 4 million votes and 11 GOP primary conteststhe same number of states, he pointed out, Ronald Reagan won in his failed 1976 presidential bid. The nomination eventually went to Mitt Romney, whom Santorum argued did not focus on what he considered the main issue of the race: The role of government in the lives of Americans.
We didnt make that argument in this race. Our candidate didnt make that argument, as some of us said during the campaign, because he was not capable of making that argument, Santorum said. In my opinion, what could have been and what should have been a referendum election on what it means to be an American, what it means for us as a country to head down the road toward European socialism, we just simply didnt make the argument at a time when I think America was ripe to hear the argument. ......................(more)
The complete piece (of Santorum) is at: http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/santorum-im-open-2016-run_664017.html
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SpreadingSantorum.com considering another run (Original Post)
marmar
Nov 2012
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struggle4progress
(118,350 posts)1. I'll vote to see the Seven Dwarves again in the 2016 GOP primaries!
GoneOffShore
(17,341 posts)2. Someday, someday Little Ricky is going to be caught with santorum
all over his face and a golden retriever in the closet.
Tyrs WolfDaemon
(2,289 posts)3. I feel sorry for his grandkids and those that come after them
Thanks to this one man, his family's young will forever be nicknamed Frothy or worse by their schoolmates.
I can hear it now, "Teacher! Frothy made a mess in the back!" or "Frothy won't stop touching me!"