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SANTORUM RETURNS

Rick Santorum Says He's 'Open' to Running in 2016

Would you like to see Santorum make another presidential run?

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by PolitixMayday

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If GOP's tradition of rewarding the runner-up in the presidential primaries is any indication, then Rick Santorum will be the party's next presidential candidate in 2016. And he's open to the idea, he revealed in a brief interview with the Weekly Standard.

The former senator compared his 2012 primary bid emulated to Ronald Regan's failed 1976 bid, but The Week dismisses this as a delusion of grandeur, saying that Santorum was simply the last of a series of upstarts ranging from Newt Gingrich to Herman Cain.

Additionally, The Week notes, the former senator may not be the best choice for a Republican party seeking to capture the youth vote and moderate women.

Santorum also told the Weekly Standard that the GOP could've fared better in the 2012 election by refocusing on the role of government in everyday life and what it means to be an American. He said he'll be working with his organization, Patriot Voices, to open a dialoge with Americans over the next few years with an emphasis on cultural issues.

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  • Neo_NtheMatrix
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    I hope he does run. He'd be a welcome and refreshing change of pace from what we are currently seeing. Rick is a clean and decent man. He's honorable raised his children, is strong in faith, and believes in an America that can succeed. He understands America is a Christian nation, birthed on the virtues of hard work, rugged individualism, family, community, and self accountability. He will stop the war on Christianity.

    Truth be told, he should have been our nominee this go around. Alas, the liberal media picked out their opponent and Romney was christened as our standard bearer.

    Please Rick, I hope you will consider a run in 2016. We will be in a much more desperate place by then and could really use a real president.

    Signed,

    the American People
  • Cool_voter
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    Lol also what war on Christians?
    It's on our money, our pledge, out government buildings, our laws...
    Get over yourself, you won't be happy until everyone has forced church attendance with Texas style attacking collars ...
  • woodtick57
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    The US is not a christian nation.

    Why is it that the people with flags and eagles in their avatars (or the word patriot in their moniker) usually the least informed about their own country?
  • Neo_NtheMatrix
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    @Cool_voter - I never said any such thing about McCain or Romney. In fact, the only good thing about either of those tickets were Palin and Ryan. I'd still support Ryan if he ran. In any event, Santorum would be a great moral and inspirational leader especially in regards to our social issues. Ryan would be great on the fiscal end. Either way, more than 50% of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track with obama at the helm. Time to get on the right track.
  • DerivePI
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    For addressing our fiscal problems, Romney was the better choice. I do look forward to Santorum pushing a balanced budget amendment though. Would prefer him to still be my Senator.

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  • Neo_NtheMatrix
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    @puppybrownie - Liberals are always very open to any and all ideas, so as long as they fit inside their rigid thinking. No willingness to see the other side's point of view. So sad...
  • John_Matrix
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    @puppybrownie

    Don't recall ever making that claim. Just tired of Republicans and Democrats continually running this country into the ground and choosing worthless scum as their figureheads.
  • John_Matrix
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    @Neo_NtheMatrix

    First of all I'm more on the conservative side than liberal by a long shot. Also, liberals are open to all ideas but have rigid forms of thinking? I'll let you think over that statement a bit.

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  • woodtick57
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    The guy who openly states he wants to turn the US into a Theocracy? Worst. Candidate. Ever.

    if he's already expressed his desire to break the oath of the office, i think he is done already...
  • Big-R
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    Please God No!!! If he was not good enough to beat Romney in the primaries, what makes him think he could beat any Democrat in the general. Any Republican that was in the last primary should not even try. There needs to be new blood.
  • Big-R
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    @woodtick57 He maybe, but he got no support from the base. Neither did Ron Paul. Ultimately until the base does a drastic change, the people are stuck with whoever gets the nod. I think the primaries should be held on the same day all across the nation. That way every state gets a say in the nominee. As it stands only half the country gets to really pick. Our primary in Missouri is so late in the process, Romney already had the nomination wrapped up before I could even vote. I for one could not care less who Iowa thinks should get it, but every time that's who gets the most attention.
  • woodtick57
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    @Big-R
    i like the one day primary idea.
    Of course huntesmen didn't get any gop base, the gop has been taken over by the radical right evangelicals.

    Ron Paul didn't get any traction because he proposes a platform that has already been proven to not work.

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  • dances-weebles
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    @LGRepublican nothing has anything at all to do with what's best for the republican party... nor for the democrats. it's all about what's best for the nation.

    PALIN/BACHMAN in '16?
    the world needs the laugh

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  • LGRepublican
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    The only way I'd use run and Santorum in the same sentence is for Republicans to run as far and as fast as they can AWAY from this guy. This guy is EXACTLY what's wrong with the GOP, demonizing people on "social" issues to the point of scaring off independents from their economic message.
  • truthsayer
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    Your right. I can not for the life of me understand why the GOP base does not get the fact that people do not want to be told how to live there life's. The sad thing is it may take two or more elections for the point to be made loud and clear if they get it ever. You can not legislate morals.
  • Dan_Tien
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    Let's see what the last Republican nominee had to say about Rick Santorum...

    “Senator Santorum’s a nice guy but he’s never had a job in the private sector,” Romney said.“He’s worked as a lobbyist, worked as an elected official –that’s fine. But if the issue of the day is the economy, I think to create jobs it helps to have a guy as president who’s had a job.”

    "Senator Santorum, goes to Washington and calls himself a budget hawk. Then after he's been there a while he says he's no longer a budget hawk. Well I am a budget hawk. I don't want to spend more money than we take in. I don't believe it's appropriate for us to keep raising the debt ceiling every year. He voted five times to raise the debt ceiling without any compensating cuts in spending." said Romney.
  • Realthinker
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    He is a good and decent man, but he hasn't got a prayer. No matter what his other qualities may be, he just doesn't present himself as being presidential and that is crucial in this day and age. It's a shame television and appearances matter so much. They shouldn't, but the reality is that they do.
  • Realthinker
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    @woodtick57 It isn't Santorum who is calling Christianity "extremist". It's the left, specifically to keep young, impressionable minds from even considering what the man (or any other Christian) has to say.
  • woodtick57
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    @Realthinker

    It is sane people calling all cults extremist, as they are by definition. the most destructive thing humans ever invented is religion.

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  • Jean
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    YES! YES! and YES! I would love to see Rick Santorum run. I supported him in the primary and would avidly support him again. The ideal ticket would be Santorum / West.
    For those who believe he would implement his faith on them.....that is just not true. He respects free will as a gift from God and knows that each person will make their own choices when it comes to their faith or lack of it. He will however avidly defend each persons right to practice their faith / or lack of it as they choose.
  • Neo_NtheMatrix
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    @woodtick57 - Give me a quote of that. I just don't believe you, as people like to twist the words of Republicans to mean something they didn't say. Remember Romney and the "I'm not concerned about the very poor"? Give me a quote where Santorum says: I want to make the U.S. a theocracy.
  • woodtick57
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    @Neo_NtheMatrix he stated several times tat he feels Us laws should be changged to be in line with his mythical god''s laws. Why don't you know this about a candidate for POTUS? are you really that poor of a citizen?

    it's been a while since the primaries.lets see if i can find one of the links....here we go. i still had this one marked. i believe it's somewhere in the middle of the cultfest, you'll just have to suffer through to find it, I guess...

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  • Keyjo
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    If Santorum runs, the Republicans will lose badly.
    He'd have to find a whole new song and dance routine, and even then, he'd run into the same "flip-flopping" legitimately leveled at Romney. Santorum would be more like an Ayatollah than a President. Masturbation would become a felony!
  • Keyjo
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    I have to say in all seriousness, despite what she says, I'm betting, counting, on Hillary to run in 2016. If she does, she'll get the nomination. Santorum would have less of a chance against Clinton, than a paper cup in a hurricane.
  • jessejaymes
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    That will certainly show the public that the GOP has opened it's doors to everyone. And guarantee another GOP presidential defeat. He'd get less than Romney got of the women's vote, Latino vote, black vote, senior vote. Santorum couldn't get elected dog catcher in a nation election.
  • Hireman
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    No. I think he wraps religion too much into his view of government. He's a very smart guy, and I believe he means well in his views that he does have. However, there's a reason for separation of church and state, and I think he blurs those lines too much for my liking.
  • NormalFlora
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    On behalf of Comedy Central and SNL, I wholeheartedly endorse "Rev. Frothy" for another run, especially if he chooses Christine O'Donnell as his running mate.
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