Rick Santorum
ROBERT COSTA:: Santorum’s Next Step – NRO
By MB Snow at June 12, 2012 | 12:48 am
By Robert Costa -- In most respects, Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign ended at midnight on March 6 in a high-school cafeteria in Steubenville, Ohio. Fox News called the Buckeye State for Mitt Romney, effectively ending the Pennsylvanian’s long-shot bid. He stayed in the race for another month, but that Rust Belt defeat, in a state a short car ride from his ... Go To Article
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SANTORUM Endorses Romney – Fox Nation
By MB Snow at May 8, 2012 | 10:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former presidential hopeful Rick Santorum urged his supporters to back fellow Republican Mitt Romney's campaign Monday in a late-night email that ignored that Santorum once calling Romney the "worst Republican in the country" during their bitter contest. Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania and a newly minted celebrity among conservatives, ... Go To Article
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ROMNEY AND SANTORUM meet in Pittsburgh – Salon
By MB Snow at May 4, 2012 | 10:37 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has met with former rival Rick Santorum. Friday’s meeting in Pittsburgh came nearly a month after the former Pennsylvania senator left the race, clearing the way for Romney to become the nominee. Santorum represented Pittsburgh when he was in the House. Details on what they discussed were not ... Go To Article
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SANTORUM wants promises from Romney before backing – AP
By MB Snow at May 1, 2012 | 10:08 am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rick Santorum wants to ensure the GOP's policy platform represents conservatives' interests. Newt Gingrich wants help retiring his campaign debt and repairing his reputation. Both Republicans are expected to endorse their former rival Mitt Romney - and signal to their backers to fall in line behind the party's presumptive nominee - but each wants ... Go To Article
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RICK SANTORUM Ready to Meet With Romney – WashWire – WSJ
By MB Snow at April 25, 2012 | 10:12 am
By Danny Yadron Surrounded by members of his family, former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum announces he will be suspending his campaign during a press conference earlier this month. After announcing two weeks ago that he would suspend his own presidential campaign, Rick Santorum is ready to sit down with presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney. The two hope to meet ... Go To Article
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ELECTION 2012:: The Morning After Santorum Quits – WashWire – WSJ
By MB Snow at April 11, 2012 | 11:05 am
By Jude O. Marfil Rick Santorum suspended his campaign on Tuesday. The former Pennsylvania senator not only cleared the path for Mitt Romney to win the Republican presidential nomination, but also helped preserve his standing for a future run for office. Seema Mehta at the Los Angeles Times believes Mr. Santorum leaves in a “better position for possible run in the ... Go To Article
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FOSTER FRIESS, Santorum’s millionaire backer, swings to Romney – POLITICO
By MB Snow at April 11, 2012 | 10:23 am
By KENNETH P. VOGEL and DAVE LEVINTHAL Foster Friess, the retired investor who spent nearly $1.7 million boosting Rick Santorum’s presidential run, is ready to help Mitt Romney. “I’m obviously going to be of help in whatever way I can,” Friess told POLITICO Tuesday afternoon, hours after Santorum suspended his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, ... Go To Article
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ROBERT COSTA:: The Survivor – NRO
By MB Snow at April 11, 2012 | 12:50 am
Rick Santorum’s departure from the Republican presidential race is hardly a surprise. His daughter, Bella, was recently hospitalized, he was trailing Mitt Romney in the Pennsylvania polls, and he was short on cash. What’s surprising is that he was even here, in late April, contending for the nomination. After a disastrous 2006 reelection campaign, Santorum largely ... Go To Article
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RICK SANTORUM followed a clever, emotional strategy to political resurrection – WaPo
By MB Snow at April 11, 2012 | 12:15 am
Rick Santorum’s journey did not take him to the White House. But it represented a stunning turnaround for the former senator from Pennsylvania, who rose from being a political castoff to reshape the Republican presidential race and resurrect his political fortunes. Virtually no other candidate began the campaign from a lower perch. Santorum was a social conservative ... Go To Article
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RICK SANTORUM Suspends Presidential Campaign – ABC News
By MB Snow at April 10, 2012 | 11:30 am
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign Tuesday, a source close to the campaign confirmed to ABC news. The news comes the day after Santorum's 3-year-old daughter Bella was released from the hospital -- her second trip this year. She suffers from a rare and often fatal disorder called Trisomy 18. Santorum waged a scrappy and ... Go To Article
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