Rick Santorum Is Almost Out Of Money Would Rather Go Home And Do Taxes

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Poor thang:

Rick Santorum is tired, almost broke — and going home. The former Pennsylvania senator is leaving Florida just days before the Tuesday primary that even he expects to deal him a third consecutive loss. Santorum says he would rather spend his Saturday sitting at his kitchen table to do his taxes than campaigning in a state where the race for the Republican presidential nomination has become a two-man fight between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.

The cash-strapped candidate acknowledges that he simply can’t keep up with the GOP front-runners in Florida. “We’re going to talk about the Constitution and talk about being a strong conservative,” Santorum said at an event here this week. “And that’s all we can do.” Santorum seems to be listening. He has yet to announce his primary day schedule but says it was a mistake for him to remain in South Carolina on its primary day.

“We can’t let grass grow,” he told reporters Thursday. “South Carolina Election Day was sort of a wasted day for us.” But he pledged to continue his campaign regardless of the Florida outcome. It’s a grim period for Santorum, who just three weeks ago was riding high after narrowly winning the Iowa caucuses. The victory was short-lived. He lost big in both New Hampshire and South Carolina.

“Other candidates tell you they need your help,” Santorum told Florida Republicans this week — almost pleaded really. “They’re lying. I really need your help.”

His inner circle of advisers is looking at the campaign checkbook. They say they can keep a lean campaign rolling in case Gingrich or Romney implode. “This race is just starting. It’s a three-man race,” Santorum insists. “We’re going to be in this race for the long term.” For now, at least, polls show Santorum dramatically trailing in Florida, the largest and most diverse state in the early nominating schedule. And he seems to be coming up short as he tries to win over voters with his everyman persona.

“I wish he had a little more passion in the belly,” said Don Waldt, a Punta Gorda retiree who attended a Santorum rally at dusk this week. “He is conservative and authentic. But he isn’t on top and doesn’t seem to have a clear path to the top.”

Sounds like someone needs to just give it up. SMH.

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