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Santorum summons former aides for 2016 meeting
CNN ^ | January 5, 2015 | Peter Hamby

Posted on 01/05/2015 9:49:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

Rick Santorum says he's in for 2016.

Rick Santorum has invited former aides to Washington next week for a "private briefing" on his plans for a possible 2016 presidential bid.

The "Personal Invitation from Senator Santorum," provided to CNN by a Republican who received it, was sent by a Santorum aide to more than two dozen "friends and former colleagues" from past campaigns and his time in the U.S. House and Senate.

"As you probably know, RJS is seriously considering a run for the White House in 2016," Santorum adviser Matt Beynon wrote in the email, using Santorum's initials.

"With the midterms and the new year behind us, he is beginning the final stages of preparation and consideration of another campaign," Beynon wrote.

Santorum, he wrote, "would like to give you a personal update on his plans" at a "private briefing" on Jan. 13 at the offices of the American Continental Group, a lobbying and public affairs office in Washington.

Among the Santorum alumni invited to the session are a number of top lobbyists and political strategists who once worked for the former congressman and senator from Pennsylvania, including former George W. Bush spokesman Tony Fratto and former Republican National Committee finance director Rob Bickhart....

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Iowa; Pennsylvania; Campaign News; Parties
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; 2016gopprimary; bush; election2016; gop; iowa; mattbeynon; pennsylvania; ricksantorum; robbickhart; santorum; santorum2016; tonyfratto
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Fire-up the sweater vest looms!

1 posted on 01/05/2015 9:49:32 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just shoot me. What a frigging circus.


2 posted on 01/05/2015 10:07:17 PM PST by Scutter
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Great! So we can watch this scumbag tear down conservatives much better than he and then hand it off to another Mittens like the GOPe lapdog he is.


3 posted on 01/05/2015 10:09:28 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Here is one point I don’t get about American politics.

In Canada, if somebody runs for the leader of a party and does surprisingly well and he wins his seat, he’s considered a force to be reckoned with and will often be given a cabinet position or party whip or something beyond just being an MP.

Last time round, Goober pulled enough supporters away that he ensured a Romney win, but I did not hear anything about a book tour or an appointment or anything that indicated he benefitted from running interference of conservative candidates.

So, why when he knows he cannot win, would he run?


4 posted on 01/05/2015 10:31:00 PM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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Do they have bribes and hush money in Canada? He was building a mansion on the Florida coast. Does that sound like someone who would quit a seven-figure job to run a Quixotic campaign for an office he must know is out of his reach?


5 posted on 01/05/2015 10:34:13 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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To: Jonty30

possibly because he’s an egomaniac. Possibly because he’s part of a larger strategy to force another RINO through the conservative dominated primary election. A RINO that, by all rights, should not have a snowball’s chance in hell of surviving the primary elections. Possibly a bit of both.


6 posted on 01/05/2015 10:35:52 PM PST by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a politically correct way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This coming from a former constituent; supporter and friend-—

Ricky————NO. we are all sick of pantywaist republicans who are only capable of putting up a fight BEFORE the primary.


7 posted on 01/05/2015 10:38:13 PM PST by Segovia
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So, why when he knows he cannot win, would he run?

Huckabee's job, in this cycle, is to drain evangelical votes from Ted Cruz in the early primary states -- Iowa and South Carolina, in particular.

He will be paid handsomely for his efforts by the GOP establishment -- which fears Cruz.

8 posted on 01/05/2015 10:40:00 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTEAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: Impy

impy, I am posting the link for ya ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQLbwOGT8eM

he needs to be exterminated in Iowa or no conservative can unite a coalition.

=exterminate Huckabee
=exterminate Santorum
=exterminate Carson


9 posted on 01/05/2015 10:41:22 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (-They will believe in hell when they get there.)
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To: okie01

I can’t believe people still fall for this crap.


10 posted on 01/05/2015 10:54:25 PM PST by AllAmericanGirl44
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good grief, the “Huckster” first and now this little sweater wearing dip-sh jumps in.


11 posted on 01/05/2015 11:13:35 PM PST by The Cajun (Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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Neither of which is electable. Sigh........Seems these people have delusions of grandeur.


12 posted on 01/06/2015 12:33:34 AM PST by Catsrus (al)
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The modern day Harold Stassen...


13 posted on 01/06/2015 3:01:24 AM PST by Russ (Repeal the '17th amendment)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lord, help us. Not Santorum again.


14 posted on 01/06/2015 3:12:50 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Soon it’ll be easier to keep track of who ISN’T running for the GOP nomination.


15 posted on 01/06/2015 3:46:36 AM PST by ScottinVA (Communism, liberalism and Islam: Kindred ideologies dedicated to America's destruction.)
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To: Scutter

So the jackals convene, pregnant with anticipation at the evisceration of all that campaign cash out there to be searched out and brought down for the feast.


16 posted on 01/06/2015 3:51:17 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ricky don’t lose that sweater
You don’t wanna call nobody else
Send it off to the cleaners for yourself
Ricky don’t lose that sweater
It’s the only one you own
You might use it if you feel better
When you get home


17 posted on 01/06/2015 3:55:51 AM PST by PlateOfShrimp
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Drip,...drip,....drip.


18 posted on 01/06/2015 3:59:55 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Santorum just doesn’t have “it.”

He looks like Jerry Seinfeld when Jerry got the haircut that made him look “eight years old.” (The “Edward Scissorhands” episode.)

When he’s in a debate, he has a look of sheer terror on his face, ALL THE TIME. People don’t want a President who is that scared.


19 posted on 01/06/2015 5:35:09 AM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dilution of the conservative vote will be in full swing.

It shouldn’t be too long before Newt is making noise for 2016, too.

==

Now, the major problem will be for the GOPelites: Jeb v Christie v Romney?

That could get messy.


20 posted on 01/06/2015 5:44:46 AM PST by TomGuy
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