Rick Santorum said he will reconsider his presidential campaign if he fails to finish “ahead of the pack that’s sitting in single digits right now” in the Iowa caucuses next week.
“If the people of Iowa put their faith in me, we’re going to continue on,” Santorum told the Des Moines Register Sunday.
The former Pennsylvania senator surprised pollsters with his narrow victory in Iowa in 2012.
But eight days ahead of the Iowa caucuses, Santorum sits at just 1.2 percent in the Hawkeye State, according to the RealClear average of Republican polls.
Only Donald Trump and Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio enjoy double-digit levels of support in Iowa.
“Whether it’s after Iowa or whether it’s after Super Tuesday, or whatever it’s after, we’ll go through the process and determine whether we have a pathway to get there,” Santorum said Sunday, according to the Register report. “And if we believe we do, trust me, no one will fight harder, no one will work longer. But if we don’t, then you have to look out for what’s in the best interest of our country.”
