Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
Richard John "Rick" Santorum, SMOMis an American attorney and Republican Party politician. He served as a United States Senator representing Pennsylvaniaand was the Senate's third-ranking Republican. He ran as a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination, finishing second to the eventual Republican nominee Mitt Romney...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 May 1958
CityWinchester, VA
CountryUnited States of America
Look, I am seeking my party's Whip position. Would I take that job then leave my party in the lurch by running for President?
In principle, we are all in this together. We are the party in governance.
I fight very strongly against libertarian influence within the Republican Party and the conservative movement. I don't think the libertarians have it right when it comes to what the Constitution's all about. I don't think they have it right as to what our history is.
Look at the political base of the Democratic Party: It is single mothers who run a household. Why? Because it's so tough economically that they look to the government for help and therefore they're going to vote. So if you want to reduce the Democratic advantage, what you want to do is build two parent families, you eliminate that desire for government.
I thank God that America still has one party that reaches out their hands in love to lift up all of God's children -- born and unborn, and says that each of us has dignity and all of us have the right to live the American Dream.
I am not a libertarian, and I fight very strongly against libertarian influence within the Republican Party and the conservative movement.
I think it was a consensus among members of Congress, and I think the president is receptive to the idea.
I think he set a great standard going forward for judicial nominees, as to laying out the proper role of the court. That's one of the things I think we've lost. We've gotten into this battle, we want a liberal or a conservative. No, what we want is someone who decides the case before them as narrowly as possible.
I think I would probably tailor that a little more than what the president has suggested, ... I'm not comfortable with intelligent design being taught in the science classroom.
you leave open the door for a variety of other sexual activities to occur within the home and not be regulated.
People know what I stand for and why I stand for it, ... I don't think that's the case with my opponent.
unfortunate, it was disappointing. It was uncalled for. I hope he thinks better of it and retracts his statement.
While not having the force and effect of law, report language has a significant impact,
This shows that extremism in leadership is not rewarded.