You know Rick Santorum is doing well when the AP does a hit piece like this.

Here is the lede.

Rick Santorum Caught Up In John Ensign Affair: Senate Ethics Report

Seven paragraphs later, this sentence “The report’s brief reference to Santorum alleges no wrongdoing on the part of the Republican presidential aspirant.”

How is he caught up in this? He forwarded an email letting Ensign know that his mistress’s husband was going public. That’s all.

They write a 1200 word or so piece about the Ensign affair and links to Santorum using Santorum as the lede and that is the only mention. Despicable.

Congratulations Rick, you are officially a contender. The knives have come out.