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Evidence that he got at least $1 billion and probably much, much more. >> reporter: in 2005, alone, pennsylvania received $483 million in earmarks for 872 projects. during his years in congress, santorum issued press release after press release, bragging about bringing home the bacon. like an expansion project for job training center and $50,000 for gateway fasteners, a career development program in export, pennsylvania. santorum voted for that infamous bridge to no where in alaska. >> to go against the bridge to no where against senator stevens who was a very senior appropriator. >> bye-bye m...

alison, everyone is noting that this is just a part of the trend. >> right. well, first of all, don, it is an encouraging report, especially when you look at the trend here. when you look at the trend, 1.6 million jobs have been added in the last year. the unemployment rate is at 8.5%. so, yes, things are getting better. the dow is down and nasdaq is mixed. not so overly impressed. as things improve, the expectation is rising and the fact is these numbers just didn't blow away expectations. the economy at this point is kind of like an economy that's had its training wheels taken off ...

for the first time in a very long time, kyra. we have six months in a row of jobs created. boom, boom, boom, more than 100,000 jobs created. that hasn't happened since 2006. think about that, since 2006 that we have been able to put together 6 1/2 months. that was also better than anybody expected. i want to really give you some perspective here because, kyra, as you know, this is a political story, as well. on the campaign trail you hear how this is the obama economy or how president obama is responsible for your job being lost. this is that incredible recession and financial crisis...