I think every college is proud of its U.S. Senators and Representatives, cabinet secretaries, and governors, even those who are democratic socialists or affiliate themselves with the Tea Party. Significant electoral office is no small thing. Rick Santorum – to name someone I hate politically, and who has more or less fouled his nest as a Presidential candidate – is a very intelligent, very skilled person who did a lot of things right in order to be elected (and re-elected) a Senator from a state that often votes for Democrats in statewide elections. (But, heck, I think it’s OK for Princeton to be proud of Woodrow Wilson, and for Yale to be proud of George W. Bush and John C. Calhoun, while recognizing their considerable flaws.)