In between saving us all from hell-fire, Senator Rick Santorum has been extremely cosy with lobbyists; and they have been remarkably generous to him. In fact, Santorum has the honor of being the senator with the most money donated to his campaigns by lobbyists of various sorts. Money quote:
Looking at those four election cycles from 1998 through 2004, Public Citizen found that the Pa. Republican had raked in $1,163,560 from registered lobbyists – $838,133 from individuals, and $325,427 from their political action committees.
That puts Santorum in an elite club. Only four members have raised more than $1 million from lobbyists during that period — the one who raked in the most, former Democratic Senate Leader Tom Daschle, with $1,687,721, was booted out of office by South Dakota voters in 2004.
The only thing worse than the Christianists’ sanctimony is their graft. In the current election cycle, Santorum is still the Number One lobbyist favorite. Runner-up? Hillary. Why am I not surprised?
The Dish 