Daily Santorum 5/12/11

Tony Norman's had his look, and today PG Columnist Brian O'Neill takes a crack at the outsider presidential campaign for Rick Santorum -- which has the whiff of his outsider Congressional campaign in 1990. In the piece, Santorum discusses how no one at the NRCC even knew his name then and how he gets no respect, no respect at all, from Charles Krauthammer.

"That's sort of how I feel now," he said. "The general consensus is, 'He got creamed in his last race [against current U.S. Sen. Bob Casey] and therefore he's not a viable candidate.'

"I'm sort of used to being discounted and ignored and underestimated."

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He had to break off his conversation with me to do a radio interview with "The G. Gordon Liddy Show," but he soon called back. Mr. Santorum isn't getting much press, and he said he'd just gotten on syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer for leaving him entirely out of consideration as a potential Republican nominee.

"I told him, 'Charles, where's the love, buddy?' "

We at the Daily Santorum, your No. 1 source for News of the Rick, would advise Santorum to sit down and have a Fresca. You've got George Will talking you up, what more do you want?

In fact, the best thing for Santorum might be the negative attention he's getting from the liberal press. From Salon saying he's a loser, to ThinkProgress rapping him for saying the history of gay Americans shouldn't be taught in California schools, to FireDogLake suggesting he should either comply with Pope Benedict's call for action on climate change or stop taking communion, the lefty press can't get enough of Santorum -- and he provides them with no shortage of fodder. In fact, that's how Santorum argues his presidential campaign mettle: He's been through the gauntlet for years (just Google him) and he's still standing.

If the voices against him continue to rise, then maybe Krauthammer and the boys will rise to Santorum's defense. Respect.