Dan Savage

Every four years, the nation rallies around the presidential candidates, tuning into debates, taking in interviews, going to the polls, and, of course, spending money. But we’re not just talking about campaign donations. From the old Goldwater Girl scarves to the current Santorum sweater, from freelance TV crews to the security staff that guard political […]

In recent weeks, the Republican party has had a difficult time charming a key slice of its political base: women. For his part … Rick Santorum has been advocating against women’s access to contraception.   And even more recently… conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is facing heat for the inflammatory and misogynistic comments made on his […]

In a talk delivered in 2008, Rick Santorum asked the students of Ave Maria University, “If you were Satan who would you attack in this day and age?” The former Senator went on to answer his own question and said “Satan has his sights on the United States of America.” Santorum’s statements resurfaced this week […]

Over the weekend, passages from Rick Santorum’s 2005 book “It Takes a Family” attracted media attention and landed the Republican candidate in the hot seat. They pertained to women in the work force: “The radical feminists succeeded in undermining the traditional family and convincing women that professional accomplishments are the key to happiness.” In the […]

Many are still reeling a bit after Santorum’s sweep on Tuesday. Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Insititute joins The Takeaway to make sense of it.