L'ancien sénateur (1995-2007) de la Pennsylvanie lancerait sa campagne bientôt. Symboliquement il ferait son annonce près d'une ville de charbon où travaillait son grand-père, un immigrant irlandais qui fuyait l'Allemagne fasciste. Une candidature qui pourrait être intéressante (il a un style agressif et il ne craint pas la controverse) malgré les sondages récents qui lui accordent peu de chances. Il est socialement et économiquement à droite.
"Santorum is arguably the most frequent flyer in the battle for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. His trip to Iowa last weekend was his 15th to the state that kicks off the presidential primary and caucus calendar since 2009.
In the same period of time, he also made 16 trips to New Hampshire, which holds the first primary, and 14 to South Carolina, the first southern primary state on the road to the White House.
Late last year Santorum started building up staff in these crucial early voting states. On May 3 he announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee, filing papers with the Federal Election Commission. Two days later he participated in the first GOP presidential debate, in Greenville, South Carolina.
The former two-term senator lost his 2006 re-election bid by 18 points to Democrat Bob Casey Jr. and until last year was largely out of public view except for appearances on Fox News."
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