Four years ago, Rick Santorum won the Iowa caucuses and ended up as the final challenger against Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination.
But on Sunday, with a week to go before this year's Iowa caucuses, he stands at just 1.2% in the RealClearPolitics average of recent statewide polls, the 11th among 11 candidates. In an impromptu interview with USA TODAY and The Des Moines Register after attending services at New Hope Assembly of God here Sunday, he acknowledged what he previously has refused to discuss: It may soon be time for him to think about folding his campaign.
"You reach a point when you realize that you aren't going to accomplish what you're going to accomplish and you have to look out for the greater good," he responded a bit ruefully. "And I've always believed in the greater good. I'm a person who believes in a cause and trying to make this country better, not about Rick Santorum and my own aggrandizement. I'll go through that process, whether it's after Iowa or whether it's after Super Tuesday or whenever it's happening. We'll go through that process and determine if we have a pathway to get there, and if we believe we do, trust me, no one will fight harder, no one will work longer. And if we don't, you have to work out what's in the best interest of our country."
I am not one of those assholes who claim to speak for all Americans, but I think I can safely state that it certainly in the best interest of the country that Santorum ends his campaign.
What's more I think it is also in our best interests that he never try to run again and slips quietly into obscurity.
Oh oh, and before he goes I have a list of people he should take with him.
Guess who's at the top.
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