The Obligatory ‘Rick Santorum Launches Exploratory Committee’ Post

Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) announced last night that he’s creating a 2012 Presidential exploratory committee.

BTW, what exactly is that? Look. Don’t mince words. Run. Or don’t run. Don’t dip one toe in the pool to check the temperature first.

Hey, at least he hasn’t been to 57 states with a couple more to go to.

I’ve been out traveling the country. I’ve been to 25 states over the past year, spending a lot of extra time in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada now, and I’ve gotten a lot of great feedback from people, a lot of encouragement. And I feel like we’ve got a good, strong presence on the ground, and now really the test for me is whether we can raise the money that’s necessary.

Meh.