Rick Santorum Says He Must Finish “in the Top Five” at the Iowa Straw Poll – 8/13/11
First, Tim Pawlenty. Now, Rick Santorum is signaling he may have to end his 2012 Presidential Campaign if he does not do well in today’s Iowa Straw Poll.
For Santorum, doing well means finishing “in the top five”:
CNN Political Ticker: On Friday, Rick Santorum suggested he could become the first political casualty of the 2012 presidential race.
Just over two months after his official presidential campaign began, the Republican candidate intimated it could soon end – if he’s not “in the top five” in Saturday’s Ames Straw Poll.
The Republican presidential candidate spoke with CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.
“I think we have to be in the top five. I mean if we’re eight or ninth – if we’re not in the top five – this tells me that we don’t have the organizational ability to get this thing done,” Santorum told Crowley.
“This is a marathon. We got to show that we’re building a team and so I’m kind of drawing the line there.”
The Ames contest is seen as a test of a candidate’s organization and popularity in Iowa. . . . Read More
Santorum did very well in Thursday night’s debate. It would not surprise me to see him meet his “line in the sand” and finish in the top five today.
