{"id":11122,"date":"2015-01-05T19:27:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T00:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11122"},"modified":"2015-01-05T19:45:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T00:45:48","slug":"it-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11122","title":{"rendered":"It begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And so <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/01\/05\/politics\/rick-santorum-2016-summons-former-aides\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">it begins<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ricksantorum.com\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Santorum<\/a> has invited former aides to Washington next week for a &#8220;private briefing&#8221; on his plans for a possible 2016 presidential bid &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Go away Rick.<\/p>\n<p>Then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2015\/01\/mike-huckabee-ends-talk-show-weighs-presidential-run-113948.html\" target=\"_blank\">it gets worse<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikehuckabee.com\" target=\"_blank\">Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee<\/a> announced Saturday night that he would be ending his Fox News talk show to gauge support for a possible presidential campaign &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Go away Mike.\u00a0 Far, far away.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D11122&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11122\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11122\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=11122\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And so it begins: &#8220;Rick Santorum has invited former aides to Washington next week for a &#8220;private briefing&#8221; on his plans for a possible 2016 presidential bid &#8230;&#8221; Go away Rick. 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