February 23, 2012

Exclusive: Rick Santorum’s Lobbying Firm Helped Clients Win Stimulus Cash

Two weeks ago, Republic Report announced Sell Out Of The Week, a regular feature for the blog. President Obama gained the distinction for breaking his promise, and embracing unlimited corporate money for his super PAC, while refusing to take simple steps to clean up the system. Last week, we highlighted Democratic consultant Joe Trippi, who went from promoting the Internet as a tool to expand democracy to working for a dictatorship that censors the Internet and tortures its own people. Today, our Sell Out Of The Week is Rick Santorum.

As the anyone-but-Mitt Republican primary rolls on, …

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February 21, 2012
Rivals on the trail, but united in their love for the troubled for-profit college industry
Rivals on the trail, but united in their love for the troubled for-profit college industry

Santorum Seeks To Out-Compete Romney On Fealty To For-Profit College Industry

As Ricksanity intensifies, Mitt Romney’s upstart challenger, Rick Santorum, appears ready to compete on yet another plane. Call it the For-Profit College Primary, with no delegates but lots of campaign cash up for grabs.

Romney certainly has staked his claim to be the For-Profit Education President. He has gushed on the campaign trail about for-profit colleges, and in particular how Florida for-profit Full-Sail University is able to “hold down the cost of education. ” In fact, Full Sail offers sky-high prices and a mixed record of student graduation and placement. Worse, it turned out that Full Sail’s CEO …

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