Politico: Little Ricky for President(?)

Posted Aug. 13, 2009 at 8:00 AM

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/12471/politico-little-ricky-for-president

"A new tide of popular grassroots opposition to the Obama Democrats' senseless policies and insatiable hunger for power is rising across America." -- former Senator Rick "Man on Dog" Santorum

Someone's on the crack pipe. I suppose he fits right in with the birthers, teabaggers and the rest of the batsh*t base -- but how on earth can he broaden beyond that demo?!

Add former Sen. Rick Santorum to the list of potential 2012 Republican presidential acandidates.

POLITICO has learned Santorum will visit first-in-the-nation Iowa this fall for a series of appearances before the sort of conservative activists who dominate the state GOP's key presidential caucuses.

...Santorum, an outspoken social conservative known by Republicans nationwide for his anti-abortion activism, could find support among the many conservative Christians who reliably participate in the GOP's presidential caucuses.

Citing energy and health care, Santorum said: "One of the reasons I wanted to talk to the Right to Life folks is we can't lose the moral component of those two bills as well as a lot of other things going on in Washington."

I love how MSNBC's First Read sums up Little Ricky's potential:

Just askin': Can a guy who lost Pennsylvania -- a battleground state -- by almost 60%-40% be a presidential contender?

And check out the Iowa visitor list of potential GOP Clown Car occupants so far:

• Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee

• Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal

• Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour

• House Minority Conference Chair Mike Pence (R-Ind.)

• Former New York Gov. George Pataki

• Nevada Sen. John Ensign (before copping to breaking his sacred marital vows)

Related:
* Little Ricky joins 2M4M: 'gay marriage is a grassfire' that will spread unless DOMA is preserved

H/t, Jami.