Washington Post: Santorum is running in 2016

[JRP1994]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rick-santorum-is-running-for-president-again--and-says-this-time-will-be-different/2014/12/09/0c955498-7fca-11e4-9f38-95a187e4c1f7_story.html?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

I know of one person who voted for Santorum, and he's moved on to someone else.

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

Some people just don't know when to quit.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I think it's best to remind him that the social conservatives will be going here:



and here:



and here:



and perhaps here:




leaving little to none for him. He should drop out this very minute.

[Mr. Morden]

The headline of the story reads "Santorum is running", yet there's no actual news in the article.  It's exerpts from an interview with Santorum, in which he never says anything remotely like "I'm running".  He's doing everything consistent with a run, as he has been doing for months/years, but there's no announcement of candidacy here, nor any indication of when we might get one.

[Mister Mets]

The headline of the story reads "Santorum is running", yet there's no actual news in the article.  It's exerpts from an interview with Santorum, in which he never says anything remotely like "I'm running".  He's doing everything consistent with a run, as he has been doing for months/years, but there's no announcement of candidacy here, nor any indication of when we might get one.

He talks about a run in the present tense.

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[Mr. Morden]

The headline of the story reads "Santorum is running", yet there's no actual news in the article.  It's exerpts from an interview with Santorum, in which he never says anything remotely like "I'm running".  He's doing everything consistent with a run, as he has been doing for months/years, but there's no announcement of candidacy here, nor any indication of when we might get one.

He talks about a run in the present tense.

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Sure, but that's no different from how the other proto-candidates talk as well.  They're all "running" in one sense--that they're visiting early states and putting the pieces together.  But they're not legally running (except Jim Webb, who has at least reached the exploratory phase).  There's no declaration of candidacy, nor declaration that he's setting up an exploratory committee, in Santorum's statements here.  Nothing here that we didn't already know.

[Rockefeller GOP]

As has been said, the SoCon crowd is full, and no Republican is really buying into his strange embrace of, well, Democratic economic policy.

[Free Bird]

Eh, be fun to have him in a couple debates as a punching bag I guess

[Vosem]

Santorum surged in December of 2011 last year, and reached his peak in February of 2012 (and I don't think the surged even seemed possible until it seemed clear Cain/Gingrich/Perry were all duds). If he's learned a lesson from his last go, it's that no candidate included in the debates can just be discounted.

I don't think he can do as well as in 2012, but after his 2012 performance he should be able to stay relevant, a part of the discussion, promoting his views, which is a significant victory in and of itself. Depending on how Tom Wolf's tenure goes, perhaps he can run for PA Gov in 2018 or 2022, build up relevancy, and then run again at some point in the mid-2020s; he's still only 56 years old and has time to do this sort of thing. Running in 2016 will keep his name in the news.

[Reaganfan]

I voted for him last time, but I am unsure who I would vote for at this point. I am not committed to any particular candidate yet.

[BaconBacon96]

He wants to sell books this time, I expect. He knows he'll have to be included in the debates regardless of the polls. His endorsement will probably also be highly sought by the SoCons.

[Consciously Unconscious]

There is no way that'd I'd ever vote for this man. 

[HAnnA MArin County]

There IS a god!

[Vega]

His candidacy worked in 2012, but I don't see how it will in 2016.

[MATTROSE94]

Santorum surged in December of 2011 last year, and reached his peak in February of 2012 (and I don't think the surged even seemed possible until it seemed clear Cain/Gingrich/Perry were all duds). If he's learned a lesson from his last go, it's that no candidate included in the debates can just be discounted.

I don't think he can do as well as in 2012, but after his 2012 performance he should be able to stay relevant, a part of the discussion, promoting his views, which is a significant victory in and of itself. Depending on how Tom Wolf's tenure goes, perhaps he can run for PA Gov in 2018 or 2022, build up relevancy, and then run again at some point in the mid-2020s; he's still only 56 years old and has time to do this sort of thing. Running in 2016 will keep his name in the news.

If the 2018 midterms turn out to be a disaster for the Democrats, could Rick Santorum successfully mount a comeback against Bob Casey or is that out of the question?

[King]

Yeah, Santorum doesn't really have an angle this time around. There's likely going to be better Christian right candidates.

[Brittain33]

He must believe that as the second-place finisher in the 2012 race, it's his turn to run.

[publicunofficial]

Congrats, Phil

[MATTROSE94]

There is no way that'd I'd ever vote for this man. 

Me neither.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

There is no way that'd I'd ever vote for this man. 

Me neither.

[Free Bird]

There is no way that'd I'd ever vote for this man. 

Me neither.

I would vote for the great female savior over this prick

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I know one person who voted for him 2012, and he still supports him. Take a gander at who that is .

[The Other Castro]

I know one person who voted for him 2012, and he still supports him. Take a gander at who that is .

Does his name rhyme with Freestone Grill?

[rpryor03]

There is no way that'd I'd ever vote for this man. 

Me neither.

I would vote for the great female savior over this prick