20 days after election, Santorum, Gingrich and Jeb Bush hint at 2016 presidential runs

garrettrhall | 9:13 PM on November 26, 2012

Now that the exhausting 2012 presidential campaign is over, political junkies can move on to other things; like the 2016 election. Speculation has already begun and potential candidates have already starting jockeying for position. Today, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Jeb Bush all gave indications they are considering presidential runs in 2016.

What was the reaction? Well, it seems they’ve all got some work to do to win the hearts of Republican voters.

https://twitter.com/JRBarnes13/status/273186844982771712

https://twitter.com/TheHenry/status/273207609283186688

Why must you ruin my holidays? RT @grivno: Oh please, God, no >> Santorum: 'I'm Open' to 2016 Run http://t.co/uqp3VsnK

— Jazz Shaw (@JazzShaw) November 27, 2012

RT @angelaisms: Dear Rick Santorum: You completely lost me with your post-primary whining. Just say no to 2016. #caring

— Charles (@repub9989) November 26, 2012

https://twitter.com/timothy_stanley/status/273047576264192000

Jeb's flirtation with 2016 will ultimately come to naught, but it'll be fun to watch people run around it for a while.

— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) November 26, 2012