Rick Santorum Announced He’s Running for President and Nobody Noticed

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Mediaite


(Creepy 2006 file photo)

Rick Santorum can’t get no respect. No regard, neither.

The former senator and unexpectedly durable 2012 primary contender told the Washington Post Tuesday he was all in for 2016.

This wasn’t exactly a surprise — Santorum is not subtle about his ambitions — but in a cable news landscape obsessed to the point of parody with prying 2016 tidbits out of potential candidates, Santorum’s announcement landed with a thud. Fox & Friends First picked it up for a quickie announcement. CNN’s Inside Politics, a show as insidery as its title suggests, did one segment on it. That was it.

Santorum did give his announcement to the Post, which suggests his initial audience may have been the Beltway crowd (and their funders). But it appears the major news outlets remain more fascinated with glitzier names like Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mitt Romney 3.0, and even Lindsey Graham than they are with Santorum.

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rick-santorum-announced-hes-running-for-president-and-nobody-noticed/

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Ricky calls dibs on the rumble seat for the clown car!

If you can't hold a senate seat, just run for president endlessly to make a living. It's the GOP way.

[Historic NY]

1. OMG is spreading already......

[silvershadow]

2. .

[bluestateguy]

3. He won 10 primaries in 2012

and if Foster Freeze puts a lot of money into him again, he could make waves.

[yeoman6987]

4. I don't like to be overly mean, but

Holy cow! Nobody noticed at all. Not even a Republican. Deep down they has to sting. Poor Ricky just no respect.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

37. not true. He gets all of the attention that he has earned.

[safeinOhio]

5. Hey Ricky

must be Gods will.

[bobclark86]

6. You know...

If past GOP picks are any indicator, he'll be the nominee:

Reagan lost to Nixon in '68, but won the nod for '80.

Bush Sr. lost the nod to Reagan in '80, but got it in '92

Dole lost the nod in '92, but got it in '96

McCain lost in 2000, but got it in '08

Romney lost in 2008, but got it in '12

Santorum lost in '12, but could he get it in '16?

[jmowreader]

27. Possible

I think the 2016 GOP candidate will be someone who's never held elected office before - Ben Carson maybe, or a CEO.

[George II]

33. But when they all run for the nomination every four years, SOMEONE has to get in eventually, right?

[beerandjesus]

35. And if Santorum can learn from his mistakes, he could beat Hillary

But maybe if a Republican actually wins as an economic populist against a Democrat, our party might come back to its senses.

[StevieM]

38. Dole ran for president in 1980, 1988 and 1996--not 1992.

He had been Gerald Ford's running mate in in 1976. He got creamed in 1980, but came close to beating Bush Sr. in 1988, even winning the Iowa caucuses. In 1992 George HW Bush was opposed by Pat Buchanan in the primaries, not Bob Dole. Buchanan ran against Dole in 1996, winning the New Hampshire Primary.

Reagan had a half-hearted campaign in 1968. He didn't all-out run until 1976 when he narrowly lost to Gerald Ford. Of course, back in 1968 the nominees were basically picked by the conventions. The primaries first started to matter a little bit back in 1960 when JFK used them to pick propel himself to the Democratic nomination. But it wasn't until 1972 when the primaries extended to all 50 states on the Democratic side, and the people really started to choose the candidates for the first time. It was 1976 when the GOP first started having nation-wide primaries to pick the nominee.

Santorum may have been the nominal runner-up in the 2012 Republican Primaries, but he didn't come out of that race with the same standing that Bush Sr, Dole, McCain or Romney had after theirs. It was more like Lamar Alexander after 1996, where he did OK, but still didn't feel like the next guy in line for the 2000 party nomination.

[Marie Marie]

7. Oh Noes....

months and months of ugly sweater vests. Oh, and there is that boatload of ugly that spews from Frothy's pie hole. Tsk tsk, such intolerance for a good Christian boy.

[christx30]

8. Santorum has as much chance

of becoming president as I have in becoming the king of Yugoslavia.

[Turbineguy]

9. 100 stand-up comics

have just been guaranteed employment for the next 2 years.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

10. We know what he'll be slinging.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. It's the taste voters crave!

They'll be coming back for seconds!

[TygrBright]

12. Because there's not enough santorum in the GOP already?!??? n/t

[TlalocW]

13. Did he say anything about God told him to run again?

Because if so, he's behind Ben Carson for making the claim that God wants him to run.

TlalocW

[hibbing]

14. Frothtastic!

[Unknown Beatle]

15. Little Ricky isn't serious about being president.

He's just like Sparkle Moose, grifters both. They both just want to see how much money they can swindle from their followers.

[maddiemom]

32. I can't agree. Santorum really, REALLY, really...wants to be president (and do some

"good" for this godless country).

[OldRedneck]

16. Can you imagine . .

Can you imagine what his children must be going through??

I mean -- his kids are teenagers or older by now and surely they must realize what a worthless piece of shit their father is.

[Derek V]

17. Never underestimate Republican Insanity

Gophers like nuts. So do GOPers.

[SeattleVet]

18. Nobody noticed...but he still has the 'Google problem' to contend with.

Google 'santorum'

[Warren DeMontague]

20. Oh, I count at least 5 or 6 replies so far that are making fun of it.

You're just not looking hard enough.

[SeattleVet]

24. Oh, I didn't mean that nobody here noticed the 'Google' problem...

the OP said that nobody noticed he was running for President, and nobody noticed. My 'nobody noticed' was referencing that. I know that most here are quite aware (and enjoying the hell out of) his frothy little name recognition.

[Warren DeMontague]

25. He's the gift that keeps on giving.

Once you turn on that spigot, look out!

[jmowreader]

28. Quite possibly the best headline I didn't let run

I volunteer at the local college's newspaper office as a proofreader. In 2012, Slick Rick came to town and spoke to a packed house at the local Event Center. The kids at the college wrote this head to report on the story:

Santorum fills event center

[Warren DeMontague]

31. You shoulda put it out there. Hell, Tweety said to 30 Million Hardball viewers- I kid you not

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"Is Santorum The Flavor Of The Month?"



I almost fell out of my chair. No WAY he didn't do that on purpose.

[sarcasmo]

19. Dogs rejoice.

[Jack Rabbit]

21. Rick Santorum is running for president

Excuse me while I react:

[Kalidurga]

22. We can only hope he gets the nomination.

I want to see him debate Elizabeth Warren the most. She reminds me of Rachel Maddow the way she thoroughly knows her stuff.

[MADem]

23. He's actually running for VP...but if no one else shows up, he could get the nom by default.... nt

[jmowreader]

29. I wish he'd get nommed

America is full of hungry mountain lions and wolves.

[Rincewind]

26. People noticed,

they just don't care.

[weissmam]

30. he is a vanity canidate

This is how he promotes his brand and stays even somewhat moderately in the public eye

[sarge43]

34. Harold Stassen wannabe n/t

[blkmusclmachine]

36. Mr. Frothy is baaaaaaack...