For those who have not heard, Rick Santorum has ended his bid for the 2012 Republican nomination. While many of us knew this would happen months ago, it took him this long tto figure that out (granted, he lasted a lot longer than many, myself included, thought he would). Part of the reason for this probably has to do with his bad numbers in his home state of Pennsylvania. Even there, he has been in a statistical tie with front-runner Mitt Romney. A loss in that primary later this month (or for that matter, even a slim win) may have been the death knell for his political career as a whole. From some of the sound that I have heard over the last few weeks, it seems as though he may have had this on his mind for a while, to the point that it sounds like he may be contemplating a 2016 run should the Republican candidate not win this coming November. This seems to be the pattern with the GOP. The runner-up from the last go-round ends up winning the next nomination process. George H.W. Bush lost it in 1980 but won it in '88. John McCain lost it in 2000 then won it in '08. Mitt Romney lost it in '08 (I think technically he was in 3rd and Mike Huckabee was in second, but he didn't run this year) and seems poised to win it now. So don't think that we have heard the last from Rick Santorum. The ways of the world are not that kind.
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