Bloomberg notes that on issue after issue Sen. Rick Santorum has been shifting positions and taking stances critical of or even in opposition to those of the administration.
Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Rick Santorum once openly discussed his efforts to place Republicans in top Washington lobbying jobs. Now, with a federal corruption probe threatening to hurt the party in this year's elections, the Pennsylvania Republican is leading the fight to limit lobbyists' influence.
Santorum's change of course on lobbying is one of several he's made in the past year, on issues including Social Security, Iraq and the theory of intelligent design, as he prepares for a tough re-election battle, said Terry Madonna, director of the Center for Politics and Public Affairs at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
``He's running to the center,'' Madonna said.
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For the past couple of years Santorum has been taking the bait tossed out by the Democrat left, engaging them in bitter debate on a whole range of issues. This has made him a national, even an international figure. Even in Australia his name generates controversy [here]. Unfortunately for him, though, that is not what most voters want from their elected officials. Belatedly, Santorum has begun to act more like a legislator, and less like a controversial pundit. Is the change too late and too blatant to work? Time will tell.
Stay tuned....
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