Santorum to 'reassess' presidential campaign - as any sub-Carson candidate should

UPDATE: This piece originally ran with a photo that failed to place an 'X' over John Kasich's face. We apologize for any trauma this may have caused. According to the Des Moines Register, Rick Santorum is doing something he should have done before announcing his candidacy. That is, rethink his candidacy. I'm honestly not sure who convinced Rick Santorum that he should mount a presidential bid in the first place but, clearly, it was not the best idea.

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Santorum had a disastrous showing in Iowa, receiving only about 1% of the vote. That was enough to edge out "other" at 0.1% and Jim Gilmore who received an almost-impossible total of 12 votes. That's 0.01% - probably because nobody knows he's actually running.

We are going to spend a couple of days just thinking and praying, and figure out what we are going to do, and we will make a decision,” Santorum told The Des Moines Register after addressing about 30 supporters at the Hilton Garden Inn in Johnston After Iowa, Santorum had planned to focus on the Feb. 20 South Carolina Republican presidential primary, where he has scheduled a 46-county campaign tour starting Wednesday. But those plans could be in jeopardy after Monday night.

Frankly, it's time for anyone who couldn't top Ben Carson's 9.3% to get out of the real candidates' way. That's particularly true of Jeb Bush who burned through $15 million dollars in Iowa alone, and only managed to corral a meager 2.8% of the vote. Supposedly, his ability to raise cash is one of Jeb's strongest selling points. But how he can possibly go to donors and ask for more cash after spending $15 million to get roughly half the votes that ex-candidate Rand Paul got? It's time to acknowledge that Cruz, Trump and Rubio are the 2016 leaders. Dr. Carson is this cycle's longshot. If you can't top him, it's only going to get worse from here on out. Pack it up, and call it a day.