GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said his campaign will not end Tuesday, even if he loses the Wisconsin primary.
“We’re moving forward, we’re setting up our teams for the 26th. The map in May looks very, very good for us,” Santorum said on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace.
Santorum also emphasized he is not worried about his home state, Pennsylvania. The former senator said he had “a strong conservative base in the state,” disputing numbers which show former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the GOP front-runner, gaining support there.
When asked if he would consider running for president in 2016 if he lost this GOP race, Santorum said he was focused on 2012.
“If you listen to the folks across this country, we need a conservative,” Santorum said.
“In 1976 the Republican party made a mistake in not choosing Ronald Reagan, [choosing a moderate] and lost … All I can say is, I’m not thinking about the future. We need to win 2012 and re-elect a conservative in 2016,” he explained.
But Santorum still faces an uphill fight with Romney seen as the presumptive nominee by many Republicans and Democrats.
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It’s very simple, he positioning himself to be a factor at the Republican convention. He won’t get the Presidential nod but will seek either the VP spot or a cabinet position. I’d rather see him in a cabinet spot and have Romney name someone else for the VP spot.
He’s also the clear num 2 so if anything happens to romney he wants to be there to step in. He’s smart for satying in, I would do the same. News should step out though. Ron paul should also but he can’t be reasoned with
He should start speaking amount his own agenda instead of attacking Romney. It’s not like any of Santorum supporters will turn around and help Obama. It’s could to keep the debate going until all the states have voted. Obviously if Santorum wants a future he has to understand that bashing fellow Republicans is not the way to go.
Akuperma, you’re right, but Romney needs to hear the same lesson ten times over. Romney has been the greatest basher and smearer of fellow Republicans in this race, and then every time he gets back even a tenth of what he dishes out he cries “achdus”.