Santorum Mulling Presidential Bid, Says Palin Will 'Have To Do Some Explaining If She Runs'

Former Sen. Rick Santorum told ABC News on Monday that he's "absolutely" considering running for president.

Asked if former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin would make a viable competitor, Santorum was decidedly skeptical.

"I'll let the people decide that. I think, you know, she's done a lot to draw attention to herself that's positive," he said. "She's done some things that, you know, certainly are going to cause her to have to do some explaining if she runs for president. But right now I think she's on a roll, she's having a good time, she's having an impact."

Of course, Santorum himself lost reelection by a whopping 18 points in 2006. He is probably best known for saying in 2003 that consensual gay sex should not be legal.

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[garymc8]

02:24 PM on 12/09/2009

Homophobic party of 2012?

[ThankGodhesgone]

03:43 AM on 12/09/2009

Perhaps they can discuss whether or not the Earth is 6000 years old or not, and whether dinasaurs walked the Earth at the same time as humans.

[Querent]

02:46 AM on 12/09/2009

Who is worse, Santorum, or Palin? Who is stupider, Santorum, or Palin? Who is less qualified, Santorum, or Palin? Can Santorum skin a moose? Can Palin lose an election by 18 points? Can Santorum see Moscow from his house? Is Palin an expert on man on dog sex? If these two are running for president, I guess Republicans will just have to flip a coin.

[msbeal]

02:31 AM on 12/09/2009

How can you win the Presidency if you can't win your own state??? Politics 101

[melton244]

02:05 AM on 12/09/2009

Get the popcorn popping.... this is going to be a party!

[sailor422]

10:06 PM on 12/08/2009

That's as close to negative I have heard out of a GOPer regarding Palin. When asked about her, they all seem to get really sheepish and seem to be walking on eggshells. They don't want to rile her fans.

[Wulfbrande]

09:23 PM on 12/08/2009

I'm sure the tea-baggers would love it if he ran.

In his vision of America, women would be chained to the stoves, barefoot and pregnant.

Minorities would not be seen in public - they would need to just 'stay to their own' and out of sight.

Social Safety Net? What Social Safety Net? With the poor having nowhere to live, he would find a use for those supposed FEMA interment camps - and keep the poor off the streets and out of sight.

Instead of the American Flag on his lapel, he would have the "Double S" of an infamous group from history.

That's the America that the tea-baggers want "back".

[clydemoss]

08:06 PM on 12/08/2009

Oh please, please, please!!! Do it, Senator Man-On-Dog. Run, Ricky, Run!!!

Christmas has come early for the Democrats.

[mybostonjack]

07:46 PM on 12/08/2009

The obstruction party has the worst group of presidential hopefuls. Embarrassing.

[fairplaystacy]

06:07 PM on 12/08/2009

First of all he won't be able to raise the money
Whatever money he does raise will be wasted during the primaries, because he'll lose his primary bid.
Whoever wins the republican primary will instantly concede to Obama, because they won't be able to raise as much money as McCain/Palin did for the 2008 elections, which was $368 Million. Obama raised $745 Million and spent $730 Million, 2:1 advantage.

The game is over before it even starts.

Obama's fundraising power chilled the conservative donor base. One of the reasons there were no "swiftboat" ads. Some say the GOP is in the wilderness, the truth is that there is no GOP party....there is no spoon....

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.php

[invirginia]

05:02 PM on 12/08/2009

When Santorum made the statement about consensual gay sex, a huge internet campaign to redefine "santorum" was begun. Now if you google "santorum," the first site is this one:

http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/
http://www.spreadingsantorum.com/index2.html

Thank you, Dan Savage.

[ThinkCreeps]

07:16 PM on 12/08/2009

It's the reason he's running: he wants to be `Mr President' not `Mr Santorum'

[jerryfromcalifornia]

04:54 PM on 12/08/2009

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
Mahatma Gandhi
jerry belairca

[bluntobject]

04:39 PM on 12/08/2009

I know...let these two religious bigots run together and he can explain her (or try) and she can explain him!

What fun we shall all have.

Sanitarium/Palin 2012 with Joe Not the Plumber as Sec of State!

[pj-smith]

04:57 PM on 12/08/2009

be careful what you wish for.

[truthglow]

12:13 AM on 12/09/2009

Another right-wingnut paid employee.

[confuseddemocrat]

04:27 PM on 12/08/2009

Rick who?

[justjoe48]

04:26 PM on 12/08/2009

geezzz...what is it with this guy, we trounce him out of a senate seat he held for years and now he thinks we want him for prez. Major delusional EGOMANIAC