Another ‘Embattled Murtha’ story

The New York Times is up with a story about Congressman John Murtha’s (D-12)

The Times, The Inquirer and Pa. Politics

I’ve never been the kind of Republican to complain about biased newspaper coverage—it sounds like feeling sorry for yourself, and besides, they aren’t going to change. But The Philadelphia Inquirer and The New York Times have really outdone themselves this year. Last Sunday’s Week in Review section (The Times) ran an

Specter of Doom?

Over at

O’Brien: Kanjorski’s vote against stimulus was ‘insulting’

A possible Democratic challenger to Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) says Kanjorski’s vote against President Obama’s stimulus package in January was an affront to the voters who elected him.

Lackawanna County Commissioner Corey O’Brien, who is mulling a primary fight against the 24-year incumbent, said that Kanjorski’s vote—he was only one of Full Story

Forgot to mention…

Citing Sports Illustrated’s “Who’s Hot” and “Who’s Not”:

Quite frankly, no one is doing that great right now. But, some people that are having bad weeks include…

The Philadelphia Phillies (Sorry Cole, thats gotta’ hurt)

Pat Toomey (I don’t want too, and I’ll be bad at it… did I say that?)

Arlen Specter (Pat Toomey)

Josh Shapiro (Sneak Tax increase or not, this cell phone Ban loss doesn’t help. Quite frankly, I hate to be…

New polling!

As I work on my new projections (finishing touches), there is more bad news for Senator Arlen Specter.

A new Rasmussen Poll shows him down 51-30, 21 points.

Fifty-five percent of Republicans approve of Senator Specter, while 66% approve of Pat Toomey, his leading primary opponent. The really bad news is Specter has lost 58% of his Republican Voters due to his vote for the stimulus. Peg Luksik or any other minor candidates didn’t seem…

Rebuilding America through personal responsibility

By FRANK RYAN

Commentaries about home prices plunging the greatest amount in two decades, debtors defaulting on debt claiming mistreatment by lenders, and the President promising hope provided by the government are all so commonplace today.

For some reason, though, our problems always seem to be someone else’s fault.

When a society becomes convinced that all their woes are the result of someone else’s actions, and that government intervention solves problems, the concept of personal…

What do you mean, Mr. Attorney General?

Attorney General and likely gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett was talking to Westmoreland County Republicans last night, and he said something that caught my eye.

“The next governor will be a one-term governor if he does what a leader has to do,” Corbett was quoted as saying in The Tribune-Review.

I don’t have a clue what he meant by this. The report provides little context for the quote, but you can

Why campaign finance time is FUN TIME!

I recently posted a

Toomey with wide lead over Specter in new poll

More than a year before they face off in the GOP primary, Senate candidate Pat Toomey is leading incumbent Arlen Specter by 21 points among Republican voters, according to a new poll.

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