“You need to speak loudly on Tuesday that you want someone who’s going to stand up and fight the insiders,” Santorum said.
WHOM is Santorum trying kidding there? He’s been for 16 years a Washington DC man. He only become an “outsider” in 2006, when he badly lost his Senate reelection, 41% to 59% for Casey Jr.
As an “outsider” he largely profits from his Washington lobbyist ties.
In 2006, his last year as Senator, Santorum earned a $165,200 Senate salary and $32,245 in book royalties.
One year later, his income soared to over $600,000, and rose to $1.1 million in 2010. Santorum received $395,414 in director fees and stock options from Universal Health Services Inc., a hospital management company, for which he pushed two spending bills for a total of $400 million, when he was Senator in 2003 and 2004. Santorum listed between $100,001 and $250,000 in Universal Health stock.
Santorum has also largely profited from his contacts with lobbyists in Washington. Consol Energy, based in Pennsylvania, paid Santorum $142,500 for his consulting services. American Continental Group, a Washington lobbying group, paid him $65,000 in consulting fees. The firm’s lengthy client list includes Microsoft Corp., Comcast Corp. and the American Gaming Association.
When he left the Senate in 2006, he reported retirement accounts with investments valued between $21,000 and $140,000.
Five years later, his records shows new investment accounts, including college savings funds for five of his seven children with investments valued between $25,000 and $375,000; individual retirement accounts with investments ranging between $173,000 and $720,000; and a brokerage account with investments valued in the range of $10,000 to $150,000 and a $2 million, 5,000 acres mansion in Virginia.
Looks like we ARE going to have a brokered convention. Hope Rush is wrong...he thinks it will just be a way for the Rino’s in charge to pick their next guy, since Mitt can't quite seal the deal.
I know Christie ain't perfect, but I hope that since it looks like the powers that be like him....I could live with him. I would pay dearly to see him debate that skinny arsed little fraud. And for vp? Well, Alan West OF COURSE!
Can you imagine the heads exploding on MSNBC if West gets on board as VP? Why.....THAT'S RACIST!
It would balance Christie out though, for social conservatives. Dream ticket, if you ask me.
Wait just a minute. I want to fully understand your point here. Are you suggesting that Santorum increasing his income is a negative or that being a Washington lobbyist is a negative?