Rick Santorum
Summary
Richard John "Rick" Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is a former United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Santorum is a member of the Republican Party and was the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the number-three job in the party leadership of the Senate.Santorum is considered a social and fiscal conservative. He is particularly known for his stances on the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Social Security, intelligent design, homosexuality, and the Terri Schiavo case. Santorum was defeated 59% to 41% in the 2006 U.S. Senate election by Democratic candidate Bob Casey, Jr. This was the largest margin of defeat for an incumbent Senator since 1980.In March 2007, Santorum joined the law firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC.
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For TV, campaigns create big winners, (relative) losers
When Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum suspended his presidential campaign last month, the former Pennsylvania senator all but sealed Mitt Romney’s easy victory in the state’s April 24 primary. Santorum also dashed the expectations of his home state’s broadcasters, who were counting on the candidate to keep the race competitive and their ad inventory—much of which had already been reserved.
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New Yorker covers we were never meant to see
New Yorker magazine art editor shares covers “you were never meant to see” and the stories behind them, including a drawing of presidential hopeful Rick Santorum overtaking Mitt Romney in the primaries, which didn’t happen (The New Yorker).
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PEJ: Political coverage started to break Romney’s way in March
Project for Excellence in Journalism Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism studied coverage of the presidential race from Jan. 2-April 15. Among the findings:.
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Rupert Murdoch in London and on the edge
The hype runs deep. But this coming Wednesday really could become the most humbling day of Rupert Murdoch’s life, as he prepares to face the UK’s Leveson judicial inquiry. He knows there will be none of the slanted, semi-competent questioning and posturing MPs of the Parliamentary enquiry that tested his self-control in July.
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Rupert Murdoch faces up to his Frost-Nixon moment
The hype runs deep. But this coming Wednesday really could become the most humbling day of Rupert Murdoch’s life, as he prepares to face the UK’s Leveson judicial inquiry. He knows there will be none of the slanted, semi-competent questioning and posturing MPs of the Parliamentary enquiry that tested his self-control in July.
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Journalisted Weekly: The Grand National, Syria and North Korea
Journalisted is an independent, not-for-profit website built to make it easier for you, the public, to find out more about journalists and what they write about. It is run by the Media Standards Trust, a registered charity set up to foster high standards in news on behalf of the public, and funded by donations from charitable foundations.
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The Dangers of Silly Season
When Rick Santorum suspended his candidacy for the GOP presidential nomination on Tuesday, he removed any remaining doubt that Mitt Romney would be the Republican presidential nominee. The result is a news vacuum that can easily be filled by spin and misinformation. Consider the ridiculous debate over comments made on CNN about.
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Santorum corrects the record: I'm a fun guy
Rick Santorum, in his first TV interview since suspending his presidential campaign, told Fox News that his one regret is giving the impression he’s “an angry, temperamental guy,” when actually he’s fun to go bowling with.
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Anderson Cooper Giggles Uncontrollably On Air – Again
Anderson Cooper had another case of the giggles while doing a RidicuListAC360 segment about something called Dyngus Day. Giggling on-air has suddenly become an Anderson Cooper trademark.
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How Santorum boxed in Romney
Rick Santorum’s departure from the presidential race could not come soon enough for Mitt Romney. In proving himself more tenacious than anyone predicted, Santorum dramatized one of Romney’s major problems, created another and forced the now-inevitable Republican nominee into a strategic dilemma.
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