Santorum Continues to Meet with Lobbyists:
A month after saying that he was canceling regular meetings with lobbyists the Washington Post reports that Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) continues to meet “with many of the same lobbyists at the same time and on the same day of the week,” as he previously did. The meetings, which are designed for strategy and to raise money for Santorum’s re-election bid, were held at the National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters and at the offices of the Heritage Foundation, a non-profit conservative think-tank. Santorum is also facing criticism for using money from his political action committee to pay for 160 visits to coffee shops around his house, and numerous trips to fast food restaurants, and grocery stores. His campaign manager, Virginia Davis, justifies the use of PAC money to purchase coffee by stating that PACs “can be expensive to maintain”.