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http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/02/sharron-angle-endorses-santorum-113230.html
Former Nevada Senate hopeful and tea party favorite Sharron Angle is endorsing Rick Santorum, according to reports from NRO's Robert Costa and Fox News's Greta Van Susteren.
"Rick Santorum and I have known each other for years," Angle told Van Susteren in a statement she read on "On The Record. "He is a strong fiscal and social conservative," she said, who puts "principles above politics."
She added he is a "perfect fit ... (for the) tea party movement."Angle was trounced by Harry Reid in last year's race, after he painted her as extreme and essentially played in her party's primary to the level that the hardest-right canddiate emerged.
But the vote in Nevada this Saturday is a caucus, not a primary, and Angle, despite the level of mockery she got in her race from the national press, presumably still has at least some tea party juice in the state. Whether it translates into anything is a question.
Mitt Romney remains the odds-on favorite to win Nevada, a state he captured four years ago and one where he's been organizing for years, quite handily. But Angle's endorsement is a shot in the arm for Santorum, as he tries to galvanize conservatives and tea party hopefuls and argues he's the acceptable alternative over Newt Gingrich.
Former Nevada Senate hopeful and tea party favorite Sharron Angle is endorsing Rick Santorum, according to reports from NRO's Robert Costa and Fox News's Greta Van Susteren.
"Rick Santorum and I have known each other for years," Angle told Van Susteren in a statement she read on "On The Record. "He is a strong fiscal and social conservative," she said, who puts "principles above politics."
She added he is a "perfect fit ... (for the) tea party movement."Angle was trounced by Harry Reid in last year's race, after he painted her as extreme and essentially played in her party's primary to the level that the hardest-right canddiate emerged.
But the vote in Nevada this Saturday is a caucus, not a primary, and Angle, despite the level of mockery she got in her race from the national press, presumably still has at least some tea party juice in the state. Whether it translates into anything is a question.
Mitt Romney remains the odds-on favorite to win Nevada, a state he captured four years ago and one where he's been organizing for years, quite handily. But Angle's endorsement is a shot in the arm for Santorum, as he tries to galvanize conservatives and tea party hopefuls and argues he's the acceptable alternative over Newt Gingrich.
