Rick Santorum/Articles & Commentary

The following are articles & commentary related to Sen. Rick Santorum.

Articles, Interviews & Speeches By Santorum

 * Rick Santorum, "Fishers of Men", Catholic Online, December 7, 2002.
 * "Sen. Rick Santorum's comments on homosexuality in an AP interview" (April 7, 2003), AP, April 22, 2003. (unedited transcript); Excerpts, AP, April 23, 2003 (posted on USA Today website).
 * Rick Santorum, "Abraham Lincoln Address", Speech to The First International Conservative Conference on Social Justice, Heritage Foundation, September 27, 2005. (From this page there are links to video and sound files of the event.)
 * Rick Santorum, "The Conservative Future: Compassion", Townhall.com, November 17, 2005.

Anti-Santorum Websites

 * Bob Casey for U.S. Senate 2006 website. Casey is running for Santorum's seat in the Senate.
 * Rick Santorum GOP Playing Card, InternetWeekly.org, accessed May 20, 2005.
 * Rick Santorum, RemoveRepublicans.com, accessed May 20, 2005.
 * Pennsylvania Democratic Party.

1997

 * Jacob Weisberg, "Sen. Symbol, R-Pa.: Rick Santorum's Pathetic Grandstanding," Slate, May 25, 1997.

1998

 * Ken Silverstein, "Dim and Dimmer" (a list of the ten dumbest members of Congress), The Progressive, March 1998. Senator Rick Santorum is No. 1: "The boy blunder of American politics and a one-time lobbyist for the World Wrestling Federation, thirty-nine-year-old Santorum repeatedly humiliates himself in public. 'Santorum?' Senator Bob Kerrey once commented. 'Is that Latin for asshole?'."

2001

 * John Bresnahan, "GOP Tightens Grip on K Street Leaders Send Message to Associations", Roll Call, March 12, 2001.

2002

 * Peter Nicholas, "Santorum Sessions are a Hot Ticket," Philadelphia Inquirer, August 12, 2002.
 * Rick Santorum, "Fishers of Men", Catholic Online, December 7, 2002.
 * "Reaction to Sen. Trent Lott's Friday apology," AP, December 13, 2002.
 * "Rick Santorum. MIA," National Review Online, December 18, 2002.

2003

 * Nicholas Confessore, "Rick Santorum and the K Street Project," Washington Monthly, July/August 2003.
 * Sean Loughlin, Santorum under fire for comments on homosexuality. 'I have a problem with homosexual acts', CNN.com, April 22, 2003.
 * "Sen. Rick Santorum's comments on homosexuality in an AP interview" (April 7, 2003), AP, April 22, 2003. (unedited transcript); Excerpts, AP, April 23, 2003 (posted on USA Today website).
 * "Help Defend Sen. Rick Santorum," CitizenLink, April 24, 2003: "Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, is defending Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum for comments he made in response to a Supreme Court case about a Texas sodomy law. Santorum, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate, is under heavy fire from homosexual activist groups, Democrats and even some Republicans, many of whom have called for him to relinquish his leadership post."
 * Stanley Kurtz, Defending Senator Santorum. The Pennsylvania Republican has been subject to shameful treatment, National Review, April 24, 2003.
 * Dana Milbank and Dana Cooperman, "White House Defends Santorum. Aides Say Bush Believes Pa. Senator Is an 'Inclusive Man'," Washington Post, April 26, 2003.
 * Editorial: "Rick Santorum goes beyond gay slurs; he's lost hold of reality," Oregon Daily Emerald, April 29, 2003.
 * Jeffrey St. Clair, "Santorum: That's Latin for Asshole. Meet The Mullah Omar of Pennsylvania," CounterPunch, May 1, 2003.
 * Bill Bergstrom, "Some Saint Joseph graduates leave to protest Santorum ," AP, May 19, 2003.
 * Jim VandeHei and Juliet Eilperin, "Targeting Lobbyists Pays Off For GOP: Party Earns More Funds, Influence", Washington Post, June 26, 2003; Page A01.
 * Rick Santorum, "Americans must preserve institution of marriage," USA Today, July 9, 2003.
 * Transcript: Sen. Rick Santorum on Fox News Sunday, Fox News, August 3, 2003: Britt Hume: "Continuing our discussion of same-sex marriage, we're joined by Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Republican Conference."

2004

 * Julia Foresman, "Sen. Santorum Defends Partial-Birth Abortion Ban. Republican Lawmaker Speaks on Eve of Roe v. Wade Anniversary," The Hoya, January 23, 2004.
 * Emily Gottlieb, "The Hypocrites Of Tort Reform. Advocates Who Changed Their Tunes," Tom Paine.Common Sense, May 7, 2004.
 * "At Cheyney, grads give Santorum chorus of jeers" (cache file), AP, May 10, 2004.
 * Tom Curry, "2005 request for war funds to top $50 billion. Senators chide Defense officials for seeking a 'blank check'," MSNBC, May 13, 2004.
 * "Marriage ban killed in Senate. GOP vows to use issue in election," AP, July 14, 2004.
 * Text of convention remarks by US Sen. Rick Santorum, AP, September 1, 2004. Remarks at the Republican National Convention.
 * Vera Miller, "Santorum Home Schools Children in Virginia with Pennsylvania Taxpayer Money," Penn Hills Progress, October 20, 2004.
 * Vera Miller, "More questions raised about Santorum residency", Woodland Progress, November 17, 2004.
 * Oliver Prichard, "Santorum residency questioned: A Pa. school board has refused to pay tuition for his kids' charter school", Philadelphia Inquirer, November 19, 2004. (Paid Archives)
 * "Santorum says he will home-school his children," AP, November 18, 2004: "Sen. Rick Santorum and his wife will immediately begin home-schooling their five school-age children after drawing criticism from Democrats for sending them to an Internet-based school paid for by taxpayers, a newspaper reported. ... A member of the Penn Hills school board and the head of the local Democratic Party voiced objection because the district pays about $38,000 a year for Santorum's children to attend the school." See Cyber Charter School Issue links on Democracy for Pennsylvania website.
 * Editorial: "Is Santorum a Resident of Pennsylvania?" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 19, 2004.

2005

 * "Mister Right. Rick Santorum: The No. 3 man in the Senate leadership is hard at work spreading the GOP gospel. Will his crusades take him all the way to the White House?," Newsweek, December 27, 2004/January 3, 2005 (issue): "Taking a stand: Santorum is now in the front ranks of the faith-based GOP."
 * Maeve Reston, "Santorum focusing on re-election to Senate, not White House run", Post-Gazette.com (Pitssburgh), January 26, 2005.
 * "Byrd assailed for Nazi remark," AP, March 3, 2005.
 * Stanley Kurtz, "Rick Santorum Was Right. Meet the future of marriage in America," National Review Online, March 23, 2005.
 * ttgaris, "Definitive Rick Santorum Diary: Your Talking Points," MYDD.com, April 4, 2005; also posted on Change For America's website.
 * Rick Santorum, "Santorum Proposes to Modernize National Weather Service to Better Serve Public", Media Release, April 14, 2005.
 * Mark Leibovich, "Father First, Senator Second: For Rick Santorum, Politics Could Hardly Get More Personal", Washington Post, April 18, 2005, Page C01.
 * Alexander Bolton, "Santorum reads nuke polls, applies the brakes," The Hill, April 21, 2005.
 * "Rick Santorum compares Democratic members of the Senate to Adolph Hitler," Crooks and Liars, May 19, 2005. Links are provided for WMP and Quick Time video, Oliver Willis audio, and comments by prominent bloggers CarpetBagger Report, Josh Marshall, Think Progress, and BlogenLust (all of which lead to further comments).
 * Jeffrey Dubner, "No, Rick Santorum, You Go To Hell," TAPPED, May 19, 2005: "I seem to remember a little criticism of MoveOn for briefly hosting an ad that compared a George W. Bush speech to a Hitler speech, and Robert Byrd receiving a little criticism for comparing Republican consolidation of power to 1930s Nazi consolidation of power. So what is going to happen to a leading Republican senator (and probably a presidential candidate) who compares Democrats to Hitler in the middle of World War II? Anybody want to bet against absolutely nothing?"
 * John Byrne, "GOP senator compares Democrats to Hitler," The Raw Story, May 19, 2005.
 * Joe in D.C., "Ricky's getting some press for comparing Dems. to Hitler," AMERICAblog, May 19, 2005.
 * kos, "More Ricky," Daily Kos, May 19, 2005.
 * Bob Brigham, "PA-Sen: Senator Rick Santorum Out of Line," Swing State Project, May 19, 2005. Links to the "Blogswarm" on page.
 * P.M. Carpenter, "A Frist-rate hypocrite," p m carpenter's commentary, May 21, 2005.
 * Elizabeth Drew, "Selling Washington: The K Street Project," New York Review of Books, June 23, 2005.
 * Amy McConnell Schaarsmith, "Penn Hills loses bid to charge Santorum for online school tuition: School board too late in challenging residency", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 11, 2005.
 * Brian McGrory, "In sanctum Santorum", Boston Globe, July 12, 2005.
 * Susan Milligan, "Kennedy rips Santorum comments: Says senator owes victims apology". Boston Globe, July 14, 2005.
 * Sean Hamill, "Santorum Suggests Penalties for Katrina Victims Who Could Not Evacuate," Associated Press, September 6, 2005.
 * "Senator suggests penalties for survivors who stayed in flood zone", Raw Story, September 6, 2005. (This is a transcript from Action 4 News At 11 PM / WTAE-TV CH 4 (ABC) Pittsburgh.)
 * Sean D. Hamill, "Santorum retreats on evacuation penalty remarks: Didn't mean those without cars who stayed", Post Gazette.com, September 07, 2005. (This is an Associated Press story).
 * Senator Jim DeMint, "DeMint Gives National Weather Service "A" Grade for Katrina Prediction: National Hurricane Center issued correct path of storm 56 hours before landfall", Media Release, September 9th, 2005.
 * Charles Babington, "Some GOP Legislators Hit Jarring Notes in Addressing Katrina", Washington Post, September 10, 2005; Page A04.
 * Sean D. Hamill, "Weather Service Union Rips Santorum", Associated Press, September 10, 2005.
 * Maeve Reston,, "Santorum criticizes Weather Service: Has sponsored bill to prevent government weather notices, to benefit private companies, including donor", Post-Gazette.com, September 10, 2005.
 * Mike Newall, "The Path of the Righteous Man: How Rick Santorum became the nation's evangelical poster boy", Philadelphia Citypaper.net, September 29-October 5, 2005.

2006

 * Alexander Bolton, "Senate GOP plans Iraq PR blitz," The Hill, January 4, 2006.
 * Elana Schor, "Lieberman signs on to McCain lobbying reform bill", The Hill, January 4, 2006.
 * Maeve Reston, "Santorum Reaps Money from Lobbyists," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 13, 2006.
 * Maeve Reston, "Santorum Denies he was a Part of K Street Project," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 26, 2006.
 * Brody Mullins, "Lawmakers turn to lobbyists for fundraising", South-Coast Today.com, January 29, 2006. (First published in the Wall Street Journal.)
 * Kimberly Hefling, "Santorum Charity Low on Giving Up on Fees," Associated Press, February 25, 2006.
 * Will Bunch, "Big donor to Rick's charity was seeking federal aid," Philadelphia Daily News, March 2, 2006: "The largest known giver to a controversial charity founded by U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum made its $25,000 donation as the senator was working to win as much as $8.5 million in federal aid for the donor's project in Delaware County."
 * Meghan Klyne, "Congress Outbids Bush On Iran Democracy Aid," The New York Sun, March 3, 2006. Santorum and Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT), and the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies sponsored "a panel discussion of leading Iranian pro-democracy activists."
 * Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Charles Babington, "Santorum Resumes Lobbying Meetings After Promising to End Them," Washington Post, March 9, 2006.
 * Will Bunch, "With a little help from his friends," The American Prospect, March 10, 2006.
 * Judd Legum, "Defense Department Disavows Santorum’s WMD Claims," Think Progress, June 21, 2006.
 * Dafna Linzer, "Lawmakers Cite Weapons Found in Iraq," Washington Post, June 22, 2006: "Last night, intelligence officials reaffirmed that the shells were old and were not the suspected weapons of mass destruction sought in Iraq after the 2003 invasion." Also see House Intelligence Chairman Peter Hoekstra (R-Michigan).
 * "Forgotten chemical shells claimed as WMDs," UPI, June 22, 2006: "The shells were hidden during Iraq's 1980-88 war with Iran and then apparently forgotten, the Washington Post reported."
 * "Report: Hundreds of WMDs Found in Iraq," Fox News, June 22, 2006.
 * "Fox News Debunks Santorum's WMD Claim," Truthdig, June 22, 2006.
 * "Two Republicans claim WMD found in Iraq. Santorum, Hoekstra cite sarin-laced shells produced before ’91 Gulf War," MSNBC, June 22, 2006.
 * "Lawmakers Say WMDs Were Found In Iraq ... Kind Of. Report reveals discovery of degraded chemical weapons likely buried in 1980s," MTV.com, June 22, 2006.
 * Katherine Shrader, "New Intel Report Reignites Iraq Arms Fight," Associated Press (Washington Post), June 22, 2006: "The newly declassified military intelligence report was released Wednesday by National Intelligence Director John Negroponte. Santorum and Hoekstra had urged him to release the report this week during congressional debates on Iraq."
 * "Despite all evidence to the contrary, media conservatives continued to hype Santorum's 'weapons of mass destruction'," Media Matters for America, June 23, 2006.
 * Rick Santorum and Peter Hoekstra, "Saddam's WMD. Why is our intelligence community holding back?" Opinion Journal, June 26, 2006.
 * Scott Ritter, "Three Iraq Myths That Won't Quit," AlterNet, June 26, 2006.
 * Christy Harvey, "Santorum’s Canine Fetish," Think Progress, July 24, 2006.
 * John Stanton, "Santorum Aides Campaign, Too," Roll Call July 25, 2006.
 * Editorial: "The Lightning Round," Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 2006.
 * Paul Kiel, "Republicans Sponsor Green Candidate in PA Senate Race," TPM Muckraker, August 1, 2006.
 * Paul Kiel, "GOP Donors Funded Entire PA Green Party Drive," ''TPM Muckraker, August 2, 2006.
 * Will Bunch, "Green Party candidate's odd bedfellows," Philadelphia Daily News, August 3, 2006.
 * Andy Humm, "Rick Santorum’s Flip Flop on Bias. Gender PAC celebrated his support for non-discrimination pledge, but his office backtracks," Gay City News, August 3-9, 2006.
 * Press Release: "Rooney: Rampant Discrepancies in Green Party Signature Gathering," PoliticsPA.com, August 4, 2006.
 * "Santorum trails in latest poll," Associated Press (Capitol Hill Blue), August 7, 2006.
 * Tom Barnes, "Dems: Green Party petitions fake," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 10, 2006.
 * Paul Kiel, "GOPers Gathered Signatures for PA Green Candidate" and "GOP-Sponsored Green Candidate Polls at Five Percent," TPM Muckraker, August 15, 2006.
 * Paul Kiel, "Dems: Santorum Staffers Faked Signatures," TPM Muckraker, August 16, 2006.
 * Charles Hunt, "Santorum goes full circle," Washington Times, August 22, 2006.
 * John Aravosis, "Highlights of Santorum v. Casey debate in Pennsylvania" (from the DCCC), AMERICAblog, September 3, 2006.
 * Paul Kiel, “Santorum: Greens Must Be Heard!” TPM Muckraker, September 6, 2006.
 * “CREW releases second annual most corrupt members of Congress report,” Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, September 20, 2006.
 * Josh Gerstein, "Political Group Shells Out $1M To Boost Santorum's Popularity With Women," New York Sun, October 2, 2006. re Softer Voices; ad posted on home page.
 * John Amato, "GOP refuses to buy ads for Santorum," Crooks and Liars, October 14, 2006.
 * "Zell Miller leads Democratic coalition for Santorum," CNN, October 31, 2006. re Zell Miller
 * Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, "Democrats' Victory Is Felt On K Street," Washington Post, November 23, 2006. re GlaxoSmithKline

2007

 * Ethics and Public Policy Center, "Rick Santorum Joins Ethics and Public Policy Center, Establishes Program on America's Enemies", Media Release, January 9, 2007.
 * "Santorum's gets new job with think tank", Pittsburg Tribune-Review, January 9, 2007.
 * John J. Miller, "Rick’s Return: Life after the Senate for Santorum", NRO Online, January 9, 2007.
 * "Santorum Lands a Job with Think Tank", New York Times, January 10, 2007. (This is based on material from Congressional Quarterly).
 * Bill Berkowitz, "Santorum leads ousted Republicans' move back to conservative philanthropy supported think tanks: At ironically named 'Ethics and Public Policy Center' former senator will track 'America's Enemies'", Media Transparency, January 11, 2007.