Even the conservatives at The Corner are mocking Santorum for this one:

“See, I always believed that when you run for president of the United States, it should be illegal to read off a teleprompter.”

Okay. This is ridiculous. It perpetuates the Republican myth that President Obama is useless without a teleprompter—if there was any doubt, his showdown with House Republicans in 2010 should've put that to rest—and it's such a minor, pointless thing to complain about. Ronald Reagan used teleprompters. Before teleprompters, presidents used cue cards. Abraham fucking Lincoln read the Gettysburg Address off of a piece of paper.

The one thing I have to give Santorum is that I've watched him speak over a dozen times now, both live and on the internet and he's never given the same speech twice. A Santorum speech is so much more of a joy for me to cover than a Romney or—ugh—Ron Paul speech that keeps hitting the same three points over and over again, just because I don't know how a Santorum speech will end. His hatred of teleprompters keeps it interesting for political reporters, but it makes him prone to huge fucking mistakes all the time. His presidential campaign is the clearest argument for teleprompters I can think of.