I love the smell of desperation in the morning...

It smells like...Victory.

In Pennsylvania yesterday, Rick Santorum accused his Cemocratic opponent, State Treasurer Bob Casey of using the pension fund for state employees to fund terrorism. "Bob Casey has invested Pennsylvania pension funds in companies with ties to terrorist-sponsoring states and states that engage in genocide," Santorum said. "Bob Casey is aiding and abetting terrorism and genocide."

Of course, true to form, Santorum did not cite specific examples but referred to a report by the Center for Security Policy, a conservative think tank that has pushed for divestment from companies doing business in terror-sponsoring nations.

Casey, like state treasurers throughout the land, both Republican and Democrat alike, has called on investment managers to assess whether any companies in their holdings have business in terrorist-sponsoring countries. The issue is facing Casey is not unique. It is taking place in every state.

Instead of making each state repeat the process with their limited resources, perhaps the feds could use their resources and compile a list of companies involved with terrorist nations.

But I guess that would just make too much sense.

Santorum says it is not the federal government's responsibility to release such a list.