Ricky boy is at it again! According to an article in today's Washington Post, he has reconvened his lobbyist meetings. This time though there is a twist to it....he's begging for money for his re-election campaign.
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.
These meetings were held on the same day of the week and the same time as previous meetings, only this time at different locations.
Now, his aides said, he has resumed the meetings with lobbyists. Their purpose is to help Santorum's reelection effort, but many of the same topics other than jobs are discussed, aides and participants said.
Is he perhaps becoming a little more desperate knowing that he is still behind Casey in the polls? Maybe. He knows that this will become the most expensive US Senate campaign in history. I think he is clearly worried about his re-election efforts.
Seems Karl Rove is getting involved in Little Ricky's campaign too. Isn't that special?
The White House is also trying to help Santorum. On Tuesday night, presidential adviser Karl Rove attended a Santorum fundraiser at the Washington home of Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.). Individuals and representatives of political action committees that contributed $5,000 could attend a special reception and photo opportunity with the star guests.
What else do we have here? Hmmm, let me look......
In addition, the participating lobbyists and Rodgers said that part of the discussion at the Tuesday meeting was reminiscent of the gatherings at the Capitol. Santorum discussed the Republican agenda and devoted plenty of time on lobbying changes -- a topic of personal interest to the attendees. The meeting was held one day before the Senate took up legislation meant to crack down on lobbyists and their relationships with lawmakers.
This just keeps getting better and better doesn't it? He just keeps providing us with ammo to torpedo his campaign with.
You know, sometimes I think he may want to lose this race. Why? He'll just get a nice cushy lobbyist job making bigger bucks than he is making now. Seems to be what all the GOP former Congress critters and former Senators are doing these days. Much more lucrative, but still doing the same job basically. Isn't that nice?
This is one of the reasons that this election year is so very important for the Democrats. Please help get out the vote, and help your local candidates in any way you can. We need to get better people in Washington and better anti-lobbying laws, and better laws period. We need better people so we can get America back on track.
Power to the people!!