Sen. Rick Santorum is going to Iowa.
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, the blunt-talking conservative who once was the No. 3 Senate Republican, will make appearances this fall in the early caucus state of Iowa.
John Brabender, his longtime political adviser, said Santorum will give a speech Oct. 1 at the University of Dubuque about the future of the Republican Party. He will attend a luncheon in Des Moines with an anti-abortion group.
There’s a lot of great people in Iowa, but it really only makes sense to give a speech “at the University of Dubuque about the future of the Republican Party” if you are considering a run for the Republican nomination for president in 2012. After all, Iowa is the first state primary/caucus.
Santorum’s people said, “President? Oh, thanks, but really, we’re just here to chat:”
Like other potential White House aspirants, he insisted it was too early to consider a presidential run. But he acknowledged that he was interested in taking a higher profile in the party.
“I’m very concerned about the state of affairs in this country and how Republicans are dealing with [issues], so this is an opportunity for me to go out and talk about things I think we need to be doing to turn this country in the right direction,” Santorum said of the Iowa trek — a visit invariably seen as presidential water-testing for any ambitious politician.
I just don’t know if Santorum has the presidential bug. He was at CPAC, walking around with Mark Levin, but that doesn’t mean he wants to be president.
Could be that he’s trying to get a little more visibility and this seems to be working. Either way, maybe I’ll go up there and get another picture with him.
Not my best hair day, but it was day three at CPAC. Gimme a break. And yes, that is Mark Levin on the other side. Great day at the convention.
