HARRISBURG, PA – U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum today issued the following statement: “John Kerry has clearly decided to take the low road in this campaign. Kerry should keep his baseless attacks on the President's character out of this election and he should keep his negative rhetoric on America's growing economy out of our state. The reality is that 1.7 million jobs have been created in the last year and Pennsylvania's unemployment rate has fallen below the national average thanks to the President's pro-growth policies.