Shared from Zite Santorum's biggest problems have less to do with his agenda, than with his personality. When under pressure, he can't avoid getting into self-defeating arguments. There is no reason to expect that this is going to change in his fifties. Santorum also seems to lack some executive skills. John Hames shared with you: Santorum and Huckabee, by Peter Spiliakos National Review - One of our Postmodern Conservative commenters asked why we weren't giving more attention to Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee and Rand Paul as potential 2016 presidential nominees. It was a good question. I'll leave Rand Paul for another day, but here is my thinking for why Santorum and Huckabee are unlikely to get the GOP presidential nomination in 2016: ...