Fact check

• WASHINGTON — Silly-season pollen seems to have infected the campaign trail.
(Ledger-Enquirer)
• WASHINGTON (AP) - Its the political cure-all for high gas prices: Drill here, drill now. But more U.S. drilling has not changed how deeply the gas pump drills into your wallet, math and history show.
(msnbc.com)
• Fact Checker examines statements from area political candidates and campaigns. To submit a suggestion for Fact Checker, email editor@columbiatribune.com.
(Columbia Daily Tribune)
• Except he didnt. Ever since Gingrich began making that claim, ad watch and truth squad and fact check mavens have been pointing out that he was speaker only for the balanced budgets of 1998 and 1999.
(USA Today)
• WASHINGTON (AP) - Rick Santorum says oil drillers in the Gulf of Mexico are being slammed by worse and worse and worse delays in getting federal approval even as gas prices go through the roof.
(kpic)
• Except he didnt. Ever since Gingrich began making that claim, ad watch and truth squad and fact check mavens have been pointing out that he was speaker only for the balanced budgets of 1998 and 1999.
(USA Today)
• Mitt Romney claims the Obama administration is telling farmers "what their 15-year-old sons and daughters can and can't do on the family farm." That's not true.
(NJ TODAY)
• Statement: The referendum itself does not save a nickel. Bob Filner, a candidate for mayor, said on KPBS television March 20. Statement: They still have to agree that it saves roughly $1 billion if fully and faithfully implemented.
(Voiceof San Diego)
• Days before a big endorsement vote by the local Republican Party, mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher criticized the conservative compass of competitor Carl DeMaio.
(Voiceof San Diego)