Rick Santorum To Headline Iowa Republican State Convention Luncheon
TheIowaRepublican.com is pleased to announce that former United States Senator Rick Santorum will headline the Republican State Convention luncheon on Saturday, June 26th at Hy-Vee hall in Des Moines.
The lunch is free of charge to all convention delegates and will be located in Hall C of Hy-Vee Hall. In addition to Santorum, the event will also feature Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn, and Craig Robinson, the Editor-in-Chief of TheIowaRepublican.com. The Iowa Progress Project, the American Future Fund, and TheIowaRepublican.com are sponsoring the event.
Santorum is universally recognized as a steadfast leader and defender of the first principles upon which our nation was founded. Advocating a vision for our nation rooted in tradition through family and nurtured by empowering the individual, Santorum is a tireless and unapologetic advocate of American values and potential. He is a champion of the intrinsic value of the human person as the founding principle of conservatism.
In recent months Santorum has been a regular visitor to the First-in-the-Nation caucus state. In March, Santorum headlined the Iowa Christian Alliance’s spring kickoff event, the same event Mike Huckabee spoke at a couple years before he eventually asked Iowans for their vote in the caucuses. Santorum has visited Des Moines, Dubuque, and Council Bluffs since last fall.
Santorum is considered by most to be a long shot if he decides to run for president. Having lost his re-election bid to the United States Senate in 2006, Santorum doesn’t have a current political office from which to launch a national campaign.
While he might not be your prototypical presidential candidate, his regular appearances as a Fox News contributor, columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer, and regular radio gig for Bill Bennett’s ‘Morning in America’ nationally syndicated radio program helps him remain in the national dialogue.
Santorum has proved himself to be one of the more serious politicians considering a 2012 presidential run. In his previous speeches in Iowa, Santorum has flexed his national security bona fides, attacked the Obama administration’s fiscal policies, and shown that refuses to waiver on social issues like abortion, embryonic stem cell research, and traditional marriage.
He has also shown a willingness to do something that very few politicians ever do – admit when they were wrong. One of Santorum’s major liabilities is his 2004 endorsement of Sen. Arlen Specter. At CPAC and at the Iowa Christian Alliance event this spring, he showed remorse for his 2004 endorsement.
Santorum has a lot of work to do before people consider him to be a serious presidential contender, but the fact that he is a full-spectrum conservative makes him one of the most complete candidates in race should he decide to run.
He is an excellent speaker who has a firm grasp on the most important issues facing our nation today. I look forward to listening to his remarks at the state convention later this month. I hope you will be able to join us.
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