Former Senator Rick Santorum to run for Pennsylvania Governorship in 2010?

[Penndems]

John Micek reports for the Allentown Morning Call from Harrisburg. He writes a daily satire-tinged blog entry, which is where this item was published today.

Surprising Exactly No One ...

... it would seem Our Rick is contemplating a return to elected politics. And this time, he's got his sights set on the Executive Residence.

This week's editions of conservative magazine The American Spectator report that Santorum, who now makes his living scaring people to death for a right-wing think-tank, is seriously considering a run at the Republican nomination for governor in 2010.

Apparently the latest round of speculation was prompted by Santorum's recent appearance at a fundraiser for the Lancaster County GOP that was billed as a "thank you" to the county apparatchiks who supported him during his 2006 re-election wipe-out against U.S. Sen. Hermetic Bob. Some, however, were spinning it as the beginning of a comeback tour that'll probably last longer than The Eagles.

"Rick is a politician and he loves the competition," one of those omnipresent "close advisers" told the Spectator. "He's getting back in, and he's young enough that a gubernatorial run would set him for great opportunities politically down the road."

Link to John Micek's "Capital Ideas" column:
http://blogs.mcall.com/capitol_ideas/2007/09/well-this-could.html

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Hopefully, Santorum will change his mind and hold on to his day job.

[Goblinmonger]

1. My condolences to Pennsylvania

if he wins.

[Penndems]

2. I'd like to think most Pennsylvanians are smart enough not to return him to elected office

Santorum might win outside of the "T", but that's it.

[durrrty libby]

3. He can't help himself, can he?

[Penndems]

5. Losing to Bob Casey, Jr. was a huge blow to his ego, and Santorum no doubt believes that loss was a

fluke.

[PA Democrat]

4. Does Rick even PRETEND to live here in PA anymore?

Haven't seen any local news coverage of him lately.

[Penndems]

6. LOL! Did you see this entry in the blog's "Comments" section?

So "Our Rick" might run for Governor? Does this mean he will move back into Pennsylvania, and enroll his "uber" children in the Public Schools? Like that would happen!

[KamaAina]

7. I am smacking my lips dreaming of...

...a Santorectum-Lynn Swann repuke primary, or as cable news could surely call it (but wouldn't), "Dumb and Dumber". :dunce: :dunce:

[Penndems]

9. I have a hunch that Swann will be jumping into the Governor's race, as well:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=175x13083#13161

[Bravo Zulu]

8. The creep will never get elected Governor of Pa.

He's worse than "*"!

[Penndems]

10. They're both cut from the same cloth.

;)

[LeftishBrit]

11. Argh - hope not!!!