Via The Oklahoma Observer
Romney received two important endorsements from members of the Republican Party this week but they were nothing to write home about, and they were just barely public.
Ex-President George W. Bush endorsed the candidate over his shoulder as he jumped into an elevator. (No joke!)
From ABC News
“I’m for Mitt Romney,” Bush told ABC News this morning as the doors of an elevator closed on him, after he gave a speech on human rights a block from his old home — the White House.And Rick Santorum finally endorsed Romney last week, but from afar. He sent out an email to his supporters and threw in the lukewarm endorsement in the 13th paragraph. This is hilarious anyway because Santorum did the Obama Administration's work in advance by slamming Romney's record again and again.
Bush’s endorsement isn’t a surprise, given that Romney is virtually the Republican Party’s nominee. But the 43rd president has been absent from the 2012 campaign and hasn’t made any public comments showing his support for Romney.
From the Daily Caller
In the 16-paragraph letter, the phrase “he has my endorsement” appeared in paragraph 13.
“The primary campaign certainly made it clear that Governor Romney and I have some differences,” Santorum wrote, “But there are many significant areas in which we agree.”
“I am also comfortable with Governor Romney on foreign policy matters,” the hawkish Republican added.
“And while I had concerns about Governor Romney making a case as a candidate about fighting against Obamacare, I have no doubt if elected he will work with a Republican Congress to repeal it and replace it with a bottom up, patient, not government, driven system.”
Like former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich before him, Santorum’s endorsement of Romney appeared to hinge not on the former Massachusetts governor’s strengths, but on the belief that the he will be a better president than Obama has already been.
Jimmy Kimmel had some fun with Santorum's endorsement in particular:
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