After an hour-long, one-on-one meeting with the likely GOP presidential nominee Friday, Rick Santorum finally announced his endorsement of Mitt Romney. In his letter to supporters yesterday, Santorum explained he felt a "deep responsibility to assess Governor Romney's commitment" to conservative issues like pro-family initiatives and ensuring that his legion of social conservatives and tea party supporters would have their voices heard under a Romney administration. more ›

What do you give your ailing three-year-old daughter who was recently hospitalized due to a rare genetic disorder? If you're former GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, you get her a membership to the National Rifle Association. Impractical and exploitative! POLITICO's James Hohmann reports from St. Louis: more ›

After Rick Santorum pulled out of the presidential race on Tuesday, frontrunner GOP candidate Mitt Ronmey admitted that he cannot wait to spread the remnants of Rick's bungled campaign. In fact, Romney hopes to team up with the former Pennsylvania senator on the campaign trail to beat Obama, reports NY Post. Behold: more ›

Disgraced GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum claimed earlier this week that the University of California is responsible for ruining this country because they don't teach American history. This, of course, isn't true. All UC schools offer American history courses except for UCSF, the college system's noted medical school. (They do, however, offer a History of Medicine and Health Sciences course!) Last night, Stephen Colbert took on Santorum's latest inane claim, telling us exactly from where Rick pulled his facts. Behold: more ›

Today at a campaign event in Wisconsin, Republican presidential hopeful and jellybean fan Rick Santorum attempted to demonize California for eroding the values of Heartland, America. Santorum, who also believes that Obama was effectively brainwashing kids by sending them to college, claimed today that California Universities are partially responsible for ruining this country because they don't teach American History. Which is, of course, a completely incorrect statement. more ›

We'll admit we've often asked ourselves this same question ... but now some actual scientists have gone ahead and put the scientific stamp of authority on the notion that if a person is kind of dumb, they are not capable of judging whether another person's idea is dumb, and therefore they are bound to make a stupid choice in an election. more ›

On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert welcomed House Democratic Leader and California's 8th congressional district representative Nancy Pelosi. Although she had previously told Colbert she would never appear on the show, Pelosi showed up to discuss Super PACs, abortion, Rick Santorum, and the Disclose Act. Bonus preface footage: Colbert eating a bowl of Rice-A-Roni and wearing ash on his forehead in honor of Ash Wednesday. more ›

In what's proving to be a race to the bottom for the current crop of GOP candidates, Rick Santorum,—whose "Made In America" platform plan would prune corporate income taxes on manufacturing companies in order to keep jobs in the country—loves investing in overseas companies almost as much as he loves America. Much of his money goes to companies that outsource manufacturing work to factories in "China, Thailand, Malaysia and other countries." more ›

The -ists this week had politics on the brain. And what goes better with politics? Partying-- that's two great tastes in one. Oh, and Kevin Federline...can't forget about Kevin Federline. That's three great tastes in one. -Bostonist discussed two big state issues-- what sort of math constitutes a marriage and what kind of alcohol can be sold in most grocery stores. And the politically minded Curt Schilling went on "Jeopardy!". more ›

We know this is completely wrong to admit, but voting here in San Francisco, the bluest of blue states, is always a bit unexciting. While the rest of the country is taking part in what we're always told is the Most Important Election Ever, we are once again left out of the thrills. Our gubernatorial race never took off and the race for Senate and Congress was such a no contest that one ran commercials featuring her grandchild and the other gave more speeches in Pennsylvania than here in her home city. It's kind of like rooting for the local Division AAA basketball team make their way through the Division AAA tourney while everyone else is obsessed with the NCAA Tourney. And while you want the local guys to win, you can't but help care more about schools you never attended in the Big Dance. What we're trying to say is that for whatever reason we seem more emotionally invested in the Virginia Senate Race than whatever is going on here. more ›

Last week's winner, the East Bay Express. DAMN Choreography objects to an article about them with the title "Tits and Assets." It's their special East Bay politics issue! Political bloggers wreaking havoc in Alameda, that Democrat running against Pombo might actually win, hipsters are voting for Aimee Allison. The EBX recommendations, plus a genius move -- polling people about fake propositions. We liked the school vending machine tax to go to anti-bullying programs, and the requirement that the voter info guide be written at a 6th grade reading level the best. Jonestown the documentary is opening. Sichuan food in Fremont. A Rock The Voter blows off learning about the propositions to tool around town. And the Sunday morning rap radio show on KALX has been cancelled. more ›

Our own Dianne Feinstein continues to put her own stamp on Congress' annual "Seersucker Thursday" tribute to Southern style. Not since the last "Jeans Day" at their local Catholic High School has this country seen such a gang of folks giddy about a short-term change in dress expectations, and DiFi keeps the fun rolling with her gift of seersucker suits to her female colleagues in the senate. more ›

Once again EssEffist brings you a local blogger for your enjoyment. Today's blog, Adventures in Urban Living, is written by one Jamison who EssEffist met at the SixApart mixer last week. He was nice enough to point out that while he has a number of nice photographs on his site, we had incorrectly categorized him as a photoblogger. It's been fixed, bro! more ›