Archive for May, 2009
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2. Arlen Specter…
Full StoryNext job for Torsella: Giving back the money
It took Democrat Joe Torsella six weeks to raise over $600,000 for his Senate campaign.
Giving the money back should prove easier, if not as satisfying.
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THE PRESS ROOM: Leak caught Torsella camp off guard
An occasional series of articles exploring how political campaigns are playing out in the media.
Joe Torsella’s campaign had everything planned to a tee. The Democratic Senate candidate would release a pBut then, as so often happens in politics, the news leaked./p
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The First Read — May 18, 2009
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THE PRESS ROOM: Leak caught Torsella camp off guard
Joe Torsella’s campaign had everything planned to a tee. The Democratic Senate candidate would release a video Friday morning telling his…
Weekend reading file
Before the next week starts, here are some stories from the last week you should make sure you didn’t miss.
The Huffington Post’s Hal Donahue has some pFriend-of-the-site Josh Drobnyk has a a href="http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_5stimulus.6869343apr24,0,1237216.story" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.mcall.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcall.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fall-a1_5stimulus.6869343apr24%2C0%2C1237216.story','story')" target="_blank"story/a exploring the political bully-pulpit advantage elected officials have when it comes to the stimulus package./p
pemThe AP/em has a href="http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/national-5/124240982139220.xml&storylist=penn" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pennlive.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennlive.com%2Fnewsflash%2Fpa%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fbase%2Fnational-5%2F124240982139220.xml%26amp%3Bstorylist%3Dpenn','this+take')" target="_blank">this take on Senator Arlen Specter’s continued lukewarm reception from other Democrats.
Talking Points Memo has a look at Specter’s gradual pBoth ema href="http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1242433505189910.xml&coll=1" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pennlive.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pennlive.com%2Fnews%2Fpatriotnews%2Findex.ssf%3F%2Fbase%2Fnews%2F1242433505189910.xml%26amp%3Bcoll%3D1','The+Patriot-News')" target="_blank"The Patriot-News/a/em and ema href="http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2009/05/16/news/doc4a0e301f23a28263413252.txt" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.delcotimes.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.delcotimes.com%2Farticles%2F2009%2F05%2F16%2Fnews%2Fdoc4a0e301f23a28263413252.txt','The+Delaware+County+Daily+Times')" target="_blank">The Delaware County Daily Times look at Congressman Joe Sestak’s (D-7) long flirtation with the Senate race.
And The Los Angeles Times looks at Specter’s
Full StoryFrom the annals of satire
Here’s a fun read spoofing Senator Arlen Specter’s defection from the human race.
“Increasingly,” Specter said, “the philosophy of the whole of humanity is becoming extreme, and out of step with nearly my entire system of thought.”
Taking advantage of a slow news day
Hello pa2010.com readers, just wanted to let you know that we’re taking advantage of a rare slow news day to take care of some housekeeping things on the business side.
Expect a few stories later on.
Specter may need to waffle again on the Employee Free Choice Act just to stay afloat
Senator Arlen Specter told The Associated Press recently that “prospects are pretty good” for a compromise on the Employee Free Choice Act. Specter also told The AP that he is “hard at work trying to find some way to find an answer,” a tough task considering the political quandary he is in after wavering on his original stance toward the card-check bill.
Pretty soon, Specter’s office won’t be working hard just to find a compromise.…
Full StoryThe sincerest form of flattery…
A family illness will slow the blogging. I did have time to note that a couple more Republicans lined up behind Toomey and one more Democrat dropped out against Specter. It sounds like the GOP is pretty determined to lose this race. But you never know.
By the way, did anyone notice Toomey’s
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