Could he do a Perry after the next debate?
If he stays in it for Florida and knows he has no chance of winning, I’d be willing to bet he’s trying to tank Gingrich and let Romney get the win.
Stutter much?
Posted it four times - give us a break.
Awwwww, no! I love Santorum. I’m hoping he sticks it out until after Gingrich implodes!
>> Could he do a Perry after the next debate?
I could be wrong — and I pray that I am — but I believe Santorum lacks the wisdom, maturity, and character of Perry. He’ll happily pursue his selfish hopeless hope and in the process screw the team. If we’re lucky it won’t be fatal.
And don’t even get me started about Ron Paul, that sorry jackwagon.
Can someone explain to me why Santorum is not catching on? His candidacy reminds me of Huckabee, but Huckabee did much better than Rick S. is doing.
Santorum is simply waiting (and hoping) for a Gingrich collapse and withdrawal from the race. In this extremely unlikely scenario, Santorum would pick up all of the Gingrich votes and would cruise to victory over Romney.
Not going to happen Rick. Time for you to bail.
I’m guessing Santorum is running out of money and can’t really afford to campaign. So he’s basically suspending for now and seeing which side will buy him.
I hope Rick will be staying...I hope IF he does drop out he’ll endorse Newt and Newt selects him as his VP
This can only help Newt in FL. If he drops out, even better. National polls tell us this is between Mitt and Newt. If Newt gets in, I’m sure he’ll have Santorum on his team.
Home is Virginia, where Rick wouldn’t be able to vote for himself during the Virginia GOP Presidential Primary.
Rick will be going home because he’s out of money. He’s not going to raise any money coming in third or fourth in Fl. He’s done.
Let’s not forget the extremely pro-Romney nature of Katrina Trinko’s reporting for National Review.
The truth is that as people feel less pressured to vote for the leading anti-Romney, the more votes will go to the others. Santorum will surely pick up in the polls as Romney drops to his usual 20%. Ron Paul will stay at his 10%. Perry is gone. That leaves 70% to be divided between Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum: Newt could win 49% and Rick would still beat Mitt.
Santorum can still do well enough to continue, and maybe earn the VP slot.
He’s staying in for the same reason much of the country is watching: to see if, when, and how soon Gingrich next implodes.
Santorum is a good man, a dependable and fairly dull man, standing in the middle of a three-ring circus.
Florida is a toss up state that borders the GingrichLand with lots of East Coast Retireees who will vote for Romney. Candidates has left states before. I doubt this campaign will be settled by Floriday and I hope this campaign doesn’t come down to a climate change believer vs. an amnesty supporter by Super Tuesday!
I hope Santorum does not drop out in Florida.
He should have a little more faith in himself and in the prolife people of Florida.
I know he’s short on cash, but he should let the process play itself out.
More choices for more people.
If Santorum drops out he’ll back Romney for the same reason he backed Specter. He cares more about ‘winning’ that doing the right thing.
How did that work out for you ex-Senator?
He’s a conservative only when his mouth moves, not his brain.
I agree. I like Rick Santorum okay, but. he needs to drop out now. He is just in the way, now. If he drops out, I can imagine that most of his followers would come over to Newt.
His attempts to try and make a three man race out of what already is a three man race (ie. Newt, Mitt, and Paul) are failing.
He may try and get some traction after Florida, but if Florida is a bust and he comes in behind Paul, or even ahead of Paul but far behind Mitt and Newt...he needs to get out.