A Category 3 Washington Media Firestorm has developed over the aforementioned Rick Santorum abortion/race comments. For a time, he was even a Twitter trending topic in D.C., putting him in such illustrious company today as new American Idol judge and Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler. Santorum responded by clarifying, but not backing down from his comments:

"For decades certain human beings were wrongly treated as property and denied liberty in America because they were not considered persons under the constitution.  Today other human beings, the unborn of all races, are also wrongly treated as property and denied the right to life for the same reason; because they are not considered persons under the constitution.  I  am disappointed that President Obama, who rightfully fights for civil rights, refuses to recognize the civil rights of the unborn in this country."