Posted on 05/26/2011 2:46:18 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Rick Santorum will announce his candidacy for president on June 6 in Pennsylvania, a source close to the former Pennsylvania senator told ABC News on Thursday.
Santorum will be the sixth major candidate to declare his candidacy in the wide open race for the Republican nomination.
The announcement will take place at a location in southwestern part of the state, near where his grandfather worked in the coal mines after arriving in America from Italy.
A social conservative, Santorum served as a Pennsylvania senator for two terms until 2006 when he was defeated by 18 points. However, this loss has not deterred him from a 2012 run.
Well before many of his contenders, Santorum was out campaigning heavily in battleground states. Last week he completed his 14th visit to Iowa. He's visited the Hawkeye State far more than any of the other Republican presidential nominees. Earlier this week, Santorum was in Sarasota, Florida meeting with supporters and local Republican leaders.
According to a campaign source, the location of Santorum's June 6 announcement "is significant because when Senator Santorum's grandfather left fascist Italy, he came to this country for America's freedom and the opportunity our nation afforded him."
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“Santorum will be the sixth MAJOR candidate to declare his candidacy...”
Satorum, major? Really???
YAWN!
Could Sarah’s bus tour have made him feel the need to pre-announce by two weeks?
OK, I realize that Santorum does not excite many people here... but he looks like a DECENT, ARTICULATE candidate.
There are two beefs against him that I can think of... which I am ready to overlook in light of his sterling Senate Record, so let’s spell it out :
* He supported the double turncoat and fake Republican, Arlen Specter when Pat Toomey challenged him.
* He LOST his Senate seat by a HUGE margin in his most recent attempt.
Other than that, I can’t think of any other flaw that he has POLICY WISE.
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Brilliant, Rick! Launch your campaign in a state that threw you out last time by 18 percentage points! Santorum is a case where the classic Dem playbook of “Conservative = Dumb” actually does apply.
Give me sanity, not Santorum! I vote for no man who dyes his hair!
Rick’s about to be run over by Sarah’s “One Nation” bus.
His name is not Obummer...Check
His name is not Romney...Check
Looks good to me.
Over looking that 'beef' when he is running for higher office is a big mistake.
Sixth major candidate? More like, he joins five other retread wannabe’s, to challenge the front runner, who hasn’t announced yet. None of these six will ever become President.
Satorum, major? Really???
Well yes really!
Santorum is a well known CONSERVATIVE with a proven record.
He has campaigned numerous times and can raise money
I got that from seeing him in the first debate. Defensive with theocratic tendencies is not a temperament I want in the White House.
The AlGore orange face wasn't something I want to see either.
Santorum can’t possibly win. He’ll never get over the ‘google problem’.
Talk like a radical, left wing, delusional, paranoid, nut bag much?
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