Rick Santorum has officially announced his 2012 presidential run. The right-wing, former Pennsylvania senator made the announcement this morning on Good Morning America.
While he has had some success in straw polls in the early primary states, Santorum still polls in the single digits, well behind GOP frontrunner and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney who announced his run last week.
Asked by host George Stephanopoulos why he thought he could win the nomination when he lost his Senate seat to Democrat Bob Casey by 59 percent to 41 percent in 2006, Santorum said voters are looking for a candidate who " has stood by their principles in good times and in bad. .... In 2006, I think, in everyone's estimation, was a pretty bad time for a Republican, particularly for a conservative," he said, adding that his commitment to social security reform also got him into trouble with voters that year."
An example of some of Santorum's "principles" include his now-infamous comparison of same-sex marriage to "man on child, man on dog" marriage, seeking to reinstate "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", and promising to "never" dial down his extremist views.
Watch the segment WHEN YOU JUMP ....
It's almost as though the Conservatives are trying to hand my President his re-election. Keep it comin', right-wing kooks!
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | 06 June 2011 at 09:31