Did anyone out there really think that Rick Santorum could beat down Romney and seize the GOP nomination for President in 2012?
The fact that Santorum lasted as long as he did is mostly a tribute to the almighty political clumsiness of the Romney campaign that was ultimately forced to buy whole primaries at mark up prices to put down the yappy former Senator from Pennsylvania.
Still and all that, Rick ran a marginally better race than all the other Tea Partei simulacra (Bachmann, Cain & Perry) combined. In some respects though, Santorum simply got lucky and yesterday his luck finally ran out.
Likely he will try again in 2016, assuming Romney can't win the Big One in November, but I don't see Santorum moving up the rankings any between now and then. His followers have a certain power at the local level given the right conditions but they are cursed with outre leadership cadres and this year in particular they've careened from primary setback to outright defeat.
Are they even gonna be a factor in 2016?
Who knows...
Rick himself hails from a State that has already rejected him once and was poised to do so again in a GOP primary, it is doubtful he could have delivered it in a General Election.
That being the math, his Vice Presidential hopes seem pretty dim, unless of course, Romney fumbles the ball again which is a definite possibility.
Anyway, running with Romney this fall would complicate things for Santorum, making nicey nice with moderates has never been his forte, explosive gaffes and rabble rousing are his key strengths now and forever amen.
No he will step back, bid up his endorsement and hope for the sort of electoral catastrophe that'll deliver leadership into his fevered hands.
All the serious would be dictators have subsisted on the same hopes...In Rick's case though they are tattered and forlorn hopes indeed
Count on it we will hear from him again, Santorum is like Dr. Fu Manchu, impervious to setback, incapable of success, resistant to tranquility.
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