Oh Ricky

Never leave us.

Since he dropped out in 2012, Santorum has been laying the groundwork for another run. His advocacy group provides him a platform to raise money, gather email addresses and promote conservative policy causes. He visits Iowa frequently. The exposure from his last campaign allows Santorum to charge a premium for speeches to organizations that aides say has been lucrative. He temporarily penned a weekly column for the conservative website World Net Daily, which ended when he was brought on to lead a production company called EchoLight Studios in June 2013 that produces family-friendly movies.