Apr 10 2012

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Because Romney was other than splendid
Rick Santorum (just barely) contended
But the biggest “Not Mitt”
Is now calling it quits—
Though not really—it’s only “suspended”

Headline: Santorum Suspends Run For President

Remember, if it’s only “suspended”, he can still do fundraising, and be eligible for matching funds. Once he quits for good, that dries up.

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'Tis Himself

April 10, 2012 at 9:30 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

I like this comment from the Bark Bark Woof Woof blog:

I’m actually glad that Mr. Santorum was in the race and that he managed to get as far as he did. I never thought for a moment that he would get the Republican nomination, much less win the election, but seeing how far he got tells us that just because we elect a center-left president every now and then, we should never forget that there remains a seething and bitter bloc who despise other people based on superstition and ignorance. And they vote.
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Cuttlefish

April 10, 2012 at 9:35 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

He should also be commended for the millions of dollars he siphoned from Romney and his super-pacs, which could have been spent in broader, rather than more specific, lies.
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carpenterman

April 10, 2012 at 9:39 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

Why do I have the horrible suspicion that we haven’t seen the last of this vile bigot?
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'Tis Himself

April 11, 2012 at 3:20 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment

I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of him. He was defeated in his last senatorial race but that didn’t stop him from running for president.
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=8)-DX

April 11, 2012 at 4:02 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment

just because we elect a center-left president every now and then

Oh you Americans are so funny. Center left? US center left is center-tending right to us uropeaneans. =P
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Trebuchet

April 11, 2012 at 11:38 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment

Assuming Romney loses in November, Santorum, as the runner-up for the nomination, becomes the default candidate in 2016. Just like Romney, the runner up in ’08, became the default in ’12. That’s pretty much why Santorum’s been running for the past year.
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carpenterman

April 11, 2012 at 4:31 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

“Santorum in 2016″
Kill. Me. Now.
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Randomfactor

April 11, 2012 at 5:58 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

Santorum, as the runner-up for the nomination, becomes the default candidate in 2016.

He won’t get nearly so far in 2016. Grownups will be running against him.
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Die Anyway

April 12, 2012 at 12:48 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment

I’ve been sorry to see all of the kooks drop out… Palin, Bachmann, Perry, et al. The Republican convention would have been more fun if there were half a dozen or so ultra-looney candidates and all of their delegates fighting it out on the convention floor. Now it will be just another one of those ho-hum, made-for-TV events. It is taking place in my back yard (so to speak) but I have no intention of coming within miles of the place.
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The Ridger

April 14, 2012 at 9:01 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment

I’m very sorry to see him go. I hope Newt means it about staying in to the bitter end. The longer they can keep forcing Mitt to stay with the radical right, the harder it will be for that sanctimonious sociopath to come back right-center.