Friday, March 09, 2007
Rick Santorum: Anybody But McCain in 2008
Former Sen. Rick Santorum said he would support whoever wins the Republican nomination for president in 2008, with one exception: John McCain.
Santorum, who lost his Senate seat to Democrat Bob Casey in Pennsylvania’s November election, said it’s too early for him to endorse any GOP candidate. But he told politico.com: "The only one I wouldn’t endorse is McCain. I don’t agree with him on hardly any issues. I don’t think he has the temperament and leadership ability to move the country in the right direction.”
Over the years, Santorum said he and McCain have disagreed on campaign finance reform, environmental policy, tax cuts, immigration and other issues, and he feels the Arizona Senator isn’t as strongly anti-abortion as he would like.
Conservative stalwart Santorum’s negative stance on McCain’s White House candidacy is one more blow to his floundering campaign. As NewsMax revealed earlier this week, political strategist Dick Morris observed that McCain’s campaign is "fading badly” and "may be dying before our eyes.”
Santorum, for his part, has signed a contract as a Fox News contributor and is writing a book and producing a movie about the threat of radical Islam.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum said he would support whoever wins the Republican nomination for president in 2008, with one exception: John McCain.
Santorum, who lost his Senate seat to Democrat Bob Casey in Pennsylvania’s November election, said it’s too early for him to endorse any GOP candidate. But he told politico.com: "The only one I wouldn’t endorse is McCain. I don’t agree with him on hardly any issues. I don’t think he has the temperament and leadership ability to move the country in the right direction.”
Over the years, Santorum said he and McCain have disagreed on campaign finance reform, environmental policy, tax cuts, immigration and other issues, and he feels the Arizona Senator isn’t as strongly anti-abortion as he would like.
Conservative stalwart Santorum’s negative stance on McCain’s White House candidacy is one more blow to his floundering campaign. As NewsMax revealed earlier this week, political strategist Dick Morris observed that McCain’s campaign is "fading badly” and "may be dying before our eyes.”
Santorum, for his part, has signed a contract as a Fox News contributor and is writing a book and producing a movie about the threat of radical Islam.
# posted by Charles @ 9:49 AM 
