2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumLOL - To back Romney: Santorum wants promises, Gingrich wants money
and Teahadist Paul wants none of it. ~ pinto
Santorum wants promises from Romney before backing
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 assurances that Romney will deliver for them. Neither is rushing toward the task.
Meanwhile, it doesn't appear that Rep. Ron Paul of Texas is going to go that way. Paul is still in the race and hasn't yet recognized Romney as the party's nominee. The tea party favorite and former Libertarian presidential nominee seems unlikely to endorse given deep differences with Romney on economic and foreign policy issues.
http://news.yahoo.com/santorum-wants-promises-romney-backing-061612632.html
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,927 posts)I hope Democratic strategists are tuned-in to this ironic development.
dballance
(5,756 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,927 posts)I wondered WTF was meant by 'repairing his reputation,' and the answer lies near the end of the article:
Now there's a plan I can really support. Imagine hopelessly out-of-touch RawMoney parroting Newter's harebrained schemes.