Mental Midget of the Day

HUD Sec. Alphonso Jackson.

Really, who's stupid enough to admit that they denied a contract based on politics?

Rick Santorum: “About those ethics…”

So much for keeping your hand out of the till. Today, the Washington Post reports that the Rick Santorum has resumed his weekly meetings with D.C. lobbiyst…after saying last month he was going to forgo the meetings in the future:

“After saying in January that he would end his regular meetings with lobbyists, Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.), the third-ranking GOP leader in the Senate, has continued to meet with many of the same lobbyists at the same time and on the same day of the week.

Santorum, whose ties to Washington lobbyists have been criticized by his Democratic challenger, suspended his biweekly encounters on Jan. 30. His decision came as Democrats named him as their top target in November’s Senate races, and after the guilty plea of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff to charges of conspiring to corrupt public officials.

But in the month since his announcement, Santorum has held two meetings attended by the same core group of lobbyists, and has used the sessions to appeal for campaign aid, according to participants. Both of those meetings were convened at the same time as the previous meetings — 8:30 a.m. — on the same day of the week — Tuesday — and they lasted for about as long as the earlier meetings — one hour.”

Citizens of Pennsylvanina…do your job this fall and kick this bum to the curb.

No Words Needed, Part II

No words needed

Santorum’s ethics on display

Will Bunch has a pretty damning article up at the American Prospect that highlights some of the shady practices of the political action committee under control by Sen. Rick Santorum. After finishing the piece, one wonders why the Republican leadership would even put him up to be the public face of their “lobbying reform” effort.