Yesterday, before the senate debated and voted on the stem cell bills, Rick Santorum was a guest on C-Span's Washington Journal.

After a caller phoned in to voice her moral outrage over embryonic stem cell research, Rick expressed his belief that, "most scientists unfortunately, those that certainly are advocating for this (embryonic stem cell research), and many others feel very little moral compulsion." Rick continued, "It's a utilitarian, materialistic view of doing whatever they can do to pursue their desired goals."

Um, Rick, do you mean the horrifying goal of trying to find cures for terminal diseases? Here's the video:

During today's debate over the stem cell bills that were before the Senate, both of Pennsylvania's Senators spoke. First, Rick Santorum expressed his confusion over why the majority of the U.S. Senate was not going to apply the constitutional label of "person" to frozen, five day old, fertilized eggs that will eventually be destroyed by in vitro fertilization clinics. Then, Arlen Specter rose and provided an excellent explanation that we can only hope cleared up Rick's confusion. We've put them both together in one convenient video piece for you:

Rick Santorum was Lou Dobbs' guest last night to discuss immigration reform. Does Dobbs discuss anything else? Rick's opposed to the immigration reform bill that passed the Senate with bipartisan support because it provides illegal immigrants already in the country the ability to become citizens.

During the interview with Dobbs, Rick explained why he believes the Senate passed the legislation. He blames it on a coalition involving the "Wall Street Journal" and "open-markets conservatives" who he says want a flow of cheap labor into the country, and Democrats who see this as a political opportunity to build a base of support for the future.

We found it amazing that Rick would accuse anyone of playing politics with immigration considering the headlines he's been generating lately. When it comes to hypocrisy, Rick never lets us down. Here's the video:

As you may have read recently, Rick Santorum has been distributing a flyer titled, "50 Things You May Not Know About Rick Santorum." On Comedy Central's Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart decided to give a little quiz to see just how much we all know about Rick. Watch the very funny video:

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On The Daily Show last night, Lewis Black mocked Rick Santorum's grasp on reality. Click below to watch the video:

Survey USA has released their latest poll on the job performance approval of U.S. Senators. Once again, Rick Santorum is in last place. 36% of respondents approve of Rick's job performance, while 55% disapprove. The 36% approval rating ties Rick's previous low, set just last month.

You're doin' a heckuva job, Ricky.

Jerry Bowyer, the author of a book titled "The Bush Boom: How a Misundestimated President Fixed our Broken Economy," has an opinion piece in today's Philadelphia Daily News, which makes the argument that the strong faith Rick Santorum often cites as a major influence on his policy decisions may not be what's guiding his hard-line stance against amnesty for illegal immigrants. Because, as Bowyer points out, "the Bible is unabashedly pro-immigrant." Here's an excerpt:

As I read the e-mail, I thought, "Has Rick ever read what the Bible actually says about immigrants?"

The biblical case against abortion is inferential. The Bible doesn't
speak directly to the topic. It lays out some principles - sacredness
of life, humanity of the unborn - that lead to the conclusion that
abortion is not permitted. It's the same with stem cells, child tax
credits, faith-based social services, etc.

Immigration is different. The Bible is explicit. In the Torah, Moses
commanded, "Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were
aliens in Egypt."

The Bible is unabashedly pro-immigrant. The argument is simple: You
were immigrants in Egypt, and you didn't like being mistreated, so now
that you have your own country, you should treat immigrants
compassionately. It's basically the Golden Rule: Treat people the way
you used to want to be treated when you were in Egypt.

The Exodus was an act of protection against mistreated immigrants.
The children of Israel had earlier crossed the border of Egypt to seek
a more economically secure life for themselves. Eventually they were
seen as a threat to Egyptian cultural purity and national security.
Much later, King David surrounded himself with immigrants, as did his
son, Solomon. The prophets spoke out on behalf of aliens frequently.

Jesus of Nazareth was an immigrant. When he was a child, he and Mary
and Joseph crossed the border to Egypt illegally. You see, they had a
well-founded fear of political persecution from a Middle Eastern
dictator named Herod.

On MSNBC's Countdown, Keith Olbermann eviscerated Rick Santorum's recent claim that weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq. Watch the video:

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The Latest Quinnipiac poll has Rick Santorum's job approval rating at 38%, the lowest number they've ever recorded for him. Congratulations, Rick. Here's how the Associated Press puts it:

Only 38 percent of the respondents said they approved of the way Santorum, the third-ranking Republican in the Senate, is handling his job. Forty-five percent said they disapproved and 16 percent did not express an opinion.

It was the first time the senator's approval rating had dropped below 40 percent since Quinnipiac began measuring it in June 2002. It also was the latest sign of distress for the outspoken conservative, an ally of President Bush on issues that included a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage and private savings accounts for Social Security.

The Philadelphia Daily News reports that Rick Santorum went to Geno's in South Philadelphia to show his support for the sign they have posted instructing customers to order in English. Apparently Rick believes that it's very important that people who want cheesesteaks speak English.

We're not sure why Rick believes that cheesesteak ordering should be English-only. As you can see from this Philadelphia Inquirer article, Rick's own web site provides information in Spanish.

If Rick believes that it is important for Geno's customers to speak English, then why doesn't he believe that visitors to his web site should have to read about him in English? Perhaps the more important question is, what does Rick really believe?

We didn't get to see this live on C-Span, but Wonkette found it interesting that Rick went with the seersucker suit yesterday. Give us your best captions:

The Philadelphia Inquirer's John Grogan writes a column about the young women who were ejected from a Rick Santorum book signing last year and have now filed suit claiming that their constitutional rights were violated.  Here's how Grogan sums up the larger issue that this incident illustrates:

All right, you might be thinking, this was an event on private
property and Santorum was appearing less as a U.S. senator than as an
author - on hand to promote his book, It Takes a Family. You might be saying, "Who cares if they kicked the troublemakers out? Why should they be allowed to make the senator squirm?"

The only thing is, they weren't troublemakers. They were not rowdy
or disrespectful. They just wanted to ask the senator some pointed
questions.

That's what we do here in America. We challenge and debate; we
question authority; we speak our minds. At least when bully cops aren't
sweeping us out of the room.

And that is what's troubling about this incident. It's part of a
bigger pattern of politicians, or their agents, weeding crowds of any
but the most enthusiastic cheerleaders.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gets right to the heart of the matter in terms of the controversy over Rick Santorum's residency:

"He doesn't live here anymore."

We noticed something interesting while watching a KDKA-TV story about the controversy surrounding the home that Rick Santorum owns in Penn Hills. Rick claims that he stays there when he's in Pennsylvania, and his mother-in-law recently told KDKA that the Santorums spent five days there last week. But, if you look at the two pictures below, it doesn't look like the lawn has been mowed in quite some time. Do you think Rick didn't have time to mow it or do you think he just didn't notice how long it had gotten?





For comparison's sake, here's a shot of the Santorum lawn in Virginia looking very tidy.