Long time culture warrior Rick Santorum is once again running for the Presidency. Four years ago he came close to besting Mitt Romney. Is 2016 his time to shine?
Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola break it down. Will Rick Santorum be a serious candidate in 2016? Tell us what you think in the comments below.
Read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/us/politics/rick-santorum-republican-2016-presidential-race.html
Rick Santorum who was the runner-up in the Republican primary race four years ago but has never been considered his party’s heir apparent, announced his second presidential bid on Wednesday.
A former senator from Pennsylvania, who with his wife home-schooled several of their seven children, Mr. Santorum appeals primarily to social conservatives. He is facing heavy competition for those voters this year from rivals like Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and the retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Mr. Santorum, 57, was the surprise winner of the Iowa caucuses in 2012, thanks to evangelical Christian voters, and he went on to win 10 other states, dragging out Mitt Romney’s quest for the nomination. This time he hopes to catch a second wave with a strategy of broadening his message beyond social issues to an economic populism he calls “blue-collar conservatism.”
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