Posted on 06/17/2010 5:51:53 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
After Rick Santorum lost his Senate seat in 2006, he was, to many, a political dead man. Not only did he lose, but he lost big — by 18 points — to Democrat Bob Casey. Statistically, it was the worst loss for a sitting senator since Ronald Reagan’s first term. So, when Santorum travels to Iowa and New Hampshire these days as a possible 2012 presidential candidate, he’s a dark horse only Anna Sewell could love.
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Santorum, however, doesn’t play coy when I ask him about what his endorsement means to a fellow Republican, if anything. “Palin is the only endorsement anyone wants,” he laughs. “If you ask who the most influential endorsers are, Palin is numbers one, two, and three, with maybe Sen. Jim DeMint at four. Her endorsement is the only one that matters this year. Just look at what she did for Nikki Haley.”
What about Romney, the man Santorum supported in the 2008 presidential campaign? “No offense to Mitt, but he doesn’t carry the weight,” Santorum says. “Mitt can help you with some finance people, maybe in some small way, but his pull is insignificant compared to Palin’s.”
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If she’s our nominee and she beats obama I’ll be happy to eat all the crow you can provide!
The good ol’ boys of the establishment just need to get out of her way.
Many of them are part of the problem. The way leadership-lifers interact is not in the best interests of the common man.
He has ZERO chance of ever becoming President, he went way down in my book after his anti Palin statements.
He is right about Sarah`s endorsement power though, and if he is getting on board, great! If indeed he is?
No, I don’t think he’s getting onboard at all, but that he just gave a blunt, honest answer to the question.
And yeah, he’s always been dismissive of Palin and I have no use for him because of that and also because of his prior support for Specter.
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