Archive for April, 2009
Shapiro’s setback
I doubt that this will have any lasting political impact regarding his pursuit of higher office, but state Representative Josh Shapiro has to be disappointed that his House colleagues yesterday
Full StoryThat’s one way to launch a Senate campaign…
As you have probably read in the news lately, state Representative Josh Shapiro (D-Montgomery) is being considered as a potential Senate candidate and he has certainly not been shy or coy about his interest in running for the office on the Democrat ticket.
Yesterday’s business on the state House floor did not do his chances for a potential bid any favors, as the House debated his hand-held cell phone ban. If you watched any of…
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In the weeks leading up to Republican Pat Toomey’s announcement that he would run for Senate, Peg Luksik, who had already declared her candidacy, made it abundantly clear what she thought of conservative sentiment that she should step aside in favor of Toomey, widely considered the more viable candidate.
“I’m running,” she told pa2010.com recently, before Toomey had entered the race. “If [Toomey] wants to get in on top of me and split the vote,…
Full StoryBudget Secretary Defends Rendell Administration’s Stimulus Accountability
By THE OFFICE OF GOV. ED RENDELL
HARRISBURG – Governor Edward G. Rendell’s office today released Budget Secretary Mary A. Soderberg’s April 22 letter to the United States Government Accountability Office. Soderberg wrote in response to a letter from the Pennsylvania Auditor General. The text of the letter follows:
April 22, 2009
Phillip R. Herr
Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues
United States Government Accountability Office
441 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20548…
A Republican who’s not afraid of Limbaugh
Larry Murphy has strong feelings about Rush Limbaugh.
“Rush Limbaugh is a racist, he’s a cancer to the Republican Party and he should be excised,” pThose aren’t unusual sentiments. But what is unusual is hearing them from a Republican candidate for office. Republicans far and wide have been a id="lzj-" title="prostrating themselves" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19517.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.politico.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F0309%2F19517.html','prostrating+themselves')" target="_blank"prostrating themselves/a before Limbaugh in recent months, who has been effective at leveraging his massive conservative audience into allegiance from elected officials in the party. But Murphy, an underdog Republican candidate for Senate, says Limbaugh can’t be the voice of the party./p
p“My opponents are afraid to say that,” Murphy, told empa2010.com /emrecently./p
pHe’s got a point. Incumbent Senator Arlen Specter, working hard to court the party’s conservative base ahead of a grueling primary next year, recently said of Limbaugh: “I like him.”/p
pMurphy, by far the least known of the four Republican Senate candidates, has such a low profile that it’s unlikely he’ll get caught up in the apologize-to-Rush game that has snagged his more prominent colleagues in recent months. But he’s also clearly hoping his stance against Limbaugh will bolster his credentials as a more independent Republican./p
p“People like Rush and [radio host] Laura Ingraham, they’re really destroying our party, and we need to wake up and see that,” Murphy said, adding that his would be a “different kind of Republican candidacy.”/p
p“It’s not going to mean-hearted, it’s not going to be sound bites,” he said./p
pFormer Congressman Pat Toomey and conservative activist Peg Luksik are also running against Specter in next year’s primary./p
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Republican Senate candidate Larry Murphy
Murtha Hosts Economic Stimulus Summit TOMORROW
By THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN MURTHA
In order to assist community leaders with understanding the funding opportunities made available in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which Congress passed in February, Congressman Murtha (PA-12) is hosting a Recovery and Reinvestment Act Summit on Friday, April 24, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.
Representatives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture; U.S Department of Education; Pennsylvania Department of Education; U.S. Department of Energy (NETL); U.S. Department of Housing…
Full StoryTea for Two . . . or 2010
I drink espresso, which was as good an excuse as any to miss the Tea Parties held in Philadelphia and countless other locations last week. (Herbal tea doesn’t count.) But perhaps some mixed feelings kept me away, also.
The Tea Parties, in case you were under a rock last week, were promoted as a way to protest President Obama’s spending and tax policies which—on the tax side, anyway—reminded people of the levies that provoked a…
Full StoryOn Meehan, Corbett and Risperdal
As Philadelphians, we are always interested in hearing what is in store for Gov. Ed Rendell, our former two-term mayor. Today, like any other day in Philadelphia, the talk is of corruption.
And, as usual, weeding out corrupt politicians starts with Pat Meehan. Meehan sent a letter to likely opponent Tom Corbett , arguing that the Attorney General’s office should take over a high profile lawsuit between Jannsen Pharmaceuticals and the state. He contends that…
Full StoryThe First Read – April 23, 2009
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The universal challenge: Fundraising in a recession
PHILADELPHIA-From the most high-profile political favorite to the lowliest underdog, there’s one thing every candidate for office has in common, one reality they all have to confront:…
A mea culpa, and a note on corrections
A special thanks to reader “bog” for pointing out an error in
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