Rick Santorum Says That He Is Praying For Herman Cain

On Andrea Mitchell Reports Thursday afternoon, Andrea Mitchell asked socially conservative presidential candidate Rick Santorum if he thought embattled former frontrunner Herman Cain could “stick it out” and remain in the race. Santorum replied that it was Cain’s decision, but that he would pray for Cain and his family.

You know, that’s a decision for Herman Cain,” Santorum told Mitchell. “My policy with respect to the candidates is we pray for them. And he’s going through a very difficult time and we pray for him and his family as we do with all candidates in the race. As we do for the president.”

Santorum added, “I just have to stay focused. It’s a distraction for him, obviously. It’s not a distraction for me.”

The former Pennsylvania Senator is something of a Voldemort figure to liberals, mainly for his crassly-expressed social conservative views, but Santorum’s views line up well with the Republican base, and he has performed well in debates. Cain’s support, however, appears to be headed Newt Gingrich’s way, despite Gingrich’s two (known) affairs and three marriages. To Santorum’s credit, he didn’t take the bait elsewhere in the interview, when Mitchell asked him about social conservatives’ concerns about Gingrich.

Here’s the Cain clip, from MSNBC: (view the entire interview here)

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