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hampshire will set a panic going on whether it s a panic justified by the delegate math. you guys are part of it. you know how the media works. too often it s going to be i know how political leaders work. probably even better. this is hillary clinton loses to a socialist in vermont that nobody new a year and a half ago in iowa and new hampshire. hillary clinton s approval ratings are low. hillary clinton is having trouble with dot, dot, dot, dot. you re doing this thing. you ve written these books. how did i miss this one? would you be interested in teaming up with elizabeth warren and moving forward? it s a 1968 scenario with what bobby did with a stumble in new hampshire. it s not beyond the realm of
candidates always like to talk about how the press isn t fair and the process isn t fair. and, of course, no, it doesn t seem fair because you ll have the press seize on something you say and blow it up and hammer it. but rick santorum knows now, again, these are the rules that you play in if you re running for president. why are you shocked? i mean, he was alive in 1988. he saw when michael dukakis put the helmet on and rode in that tank. he understands is that fair to michael dukakis? no, it wasn t fair, but sometimes images set in, and they re in cement, and that s the way the game is played every four years. and he ll be a better player because of that. it s a gutting, ruinous process often on families as well. that, too. it s very difficult. in the end, the delegate math was against rick santorum. and after his young daughter, bella, was recently hospitalized, santorum said the decision to leave the race is
has decided to suspend his campaign, was thing to look back is the fact that santorum campaign truly exceeded all of its expectations. talk about the decision and how hard it was for senator santorum to decide to suspend this in. it was a difficult decision. he got into this race, sitting around the breakfast table with his family, after a lot of thought and prayers, he got out of the race the same way, sitting around the table with his family. obviously with his young, precious daughter bella recently being sick, that became an issue, he focused on taking care of her. faith and family has always been important to him. but also political implications were a factor. looking at the delegate math, the past few weeks, there was a path. but as things have unfolded, things that needed to fall in place, weren t falling in place.
let s talk about what happens behind the scenes. we were hearing rumblings in the last several hours, as mentioned, one of his staffers still planned to come on with andrea mitchell tomorrow. is this decision likely? santorum and the family when they were home with bella as she got out of the hospital? or is this a group effort when you look at the personal issue that is hovering over his family? it appears there was a lot of reflection over the long easter holiday. after he ended up losing in wisconsin, that was a very closely fought battle. there was the perception. the handwriting is on the wall. mitt romney will be the republican nominee in both perception and according to the delegate math. but what was very interesting, rick santorum had a very fiery concession speech that night after his wisconsin loss. and then when he started hitting the campaign trail in pennsylvania, some really tough words for mitt romney. his campaign gave no indication