Posted on 01/04/2016 1:05:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
According to the newest polling date made available to us by Real Clear Politics, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is faring badly. Very badly. In fact, at 0.8%, Rick Santorum is polling slightly better than myself into the race for the Republican nomination, and I'm proud to say I have not spent a dime on my campaign.
So what does a hapless former state Senator with a major Google problem do when he sits currently in eleventh place and has yet to make it to the main debate stage?
Waste his money attacking the second-place candidate: Texas Senator Ted Cruz.
The Santorum campaign, or whatever is left of it, rolled out a new 60-second ad in Iowa on Monday that is set to air on local cable and digital platforms in the Hawkeye state. And what element of the Cruz campaign has Santorum chosen to attack?
The time that Cruz read Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs and Ham on the Senate floor, of course. In 2013, Cruz read the children's book as part of his Congressional record one September night, and Santorum's new ad uses footage of the event for the new Iowa ad.
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
FairyTales from Santorum for President 2016 on Vimeo. --
The ad opens with, "Ted Cruz is wonderful at reading children's fairytales on the Senate floor," taking square aim at the candidate who is most frequently viewed as the likeliest to dethrone the Trump Train from atop the GOP nomination race.
"Rick Santorum spent his time in the Senate a little differently," the ad continues, drawing a link towards Santorum's public service to the increased focus and dialogue on national security and the role of our military.
The ad notes that Santorum has been "a leader taking on radical Islam," but does not clarify as to how.
Watch the above video via Vimeo.
At this point, Santuckabee are staying in to relive their past Iowa glory. Once the actual voting happens and the reality of the fractional point they will receive settles in, they will at long last withdraw from the race.
Honestly, I thought he had dropped out awhile back. A bit surprised to see his name in any news headline.
This was already posted!
Rick Santorum - the Harold Stasson of Republicans.
.8%? I guess that accounts for his vote.
He is full of sour grapes.
Yep. I remember in 2012 when Rick Perry gave a very good speech on the middle-east to a Jewish group in NY. Santorum immediately attacked Perry claiming he didn't know anything about the Mideast compared to Santorum's experience in the Senate. Perry has had close ties to Israel since he was agriculture commissioner, been to Israel twice, and met with many Israeli leaders including Bibi. Santorum didn't bother to learn what Perry did or didn't know, didn't deal with what he said, just made a snarky statement out of the blue. He sounded like a jealous, petulant child.
Yes, sadly, I have to agree with you.
Also, I have always believed he was called to the ministry but never answered the call .. but sought the political instead.
It is very sad indeed. What a waste.
I think it is a big deal and this isn’t “Brother Love’s” first episode of venom politics, when he is out of the game, against his own party. Instead of realizing he needs to start supporting the likely nominees and showing enthusiasm, he goes all Arlen Spector on them.
“It is a primary. They run ads against each other. No big deal.”
True.
Of course when Trump does worse, some think it’s the greatest thing.
Don’t understand why Santorum should seem to be participating with Trump and Huckabee with their surrogate defence questioning Cruz’s religiousity. When really it is the Cruz position issue on ethanol that they are actually going after.
If Santorum who has led the attack on amnesty since 2008 and this illegal Mexican invasion went after what is really going on. Attack and question the Mexican government policies towards permitting it and their reasons for doing so. Along with bringing to the fore Mexican demeaning 2nd class citizenship treatment of American retirees there. He would be rectifying a serious flaw in foreign policy. And deserve serious consideration during those lengthy caucus doings.
Alas like this he doesn’t.
“..Santorum will endorse Cruz if he is nominee, campaign for him. ..”
I think Santorum will help Cruz, too, if Cruz is the nominee.
But I wonder if Trump would back a nominee if the doesn’t get the nod.
.8%!
Shouldn’t he be saving that money for the ride home? Geesh
Yes, he always seems angry.
I’ll give him this much-—he has a nice speaking voice.
“..the doesn’t get the nod.”
typo, should be he (Trump), not the.
I believe Trump will also.
bttt
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