Archive for May, 2009
From the readers: Benefits of a spokesman-less Specter
Reader “Steve” responds to my story about Senator Arlen Specter
Full StoryThe First Read — May 14, 2009
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THE PRESS ROOM: For Specter campaign, loads of media but no spokesperson
Senator Arlen Specter’s reelection campaign is arguably the most high-profile race in the country, followed…
PA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN RELEASES STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF FORMER LT. GOV. ERNIE KLINE
By THE PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY
HARRISBURG: Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman T.J. Rooney today
released the following statement on the passing of former Lt. Gov. Ernie
Kline who served under Gov. Milton Shapp from 1971-1979:
“The Pennsylvania Democratic Party and all of the members of the Democratic
State Committee are deeply saddened by the passing of former Lt. Gov. Ernie
Kline who was an exemplary public servant, Democrat and friend to so…
Platts has ‘no intention’ of running for Senate
Congressman Todd Platts (R-19) is flattered to be pushed as a Senate candidate—but he’s not interested, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Bob Reilly made Platts’ intentions clear after The York Daily Record ran an editorial
Full StoryGerlach Working with Bipartisan Coalition to Expand Access, Lower Cost of Health Insurance Coverage
By THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN JIM GERLACH (R-6)
WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA-6th District) joined a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, small business owners and labor groups Wednesday in reintroducing the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Act.
Gerlach is the lead Republican sponsor of H.R. 2630. The legislation is sponsored by Congressman Ron Kind (D-Wisconsin).
The legislation would lower health care costs for small businesses and family farmers by allowing them to band together…
Full StoryIndigestion… and Splats!
I meant Platts!
Lois Murphy won’t get another shot at Jim Gerlach, and an editorial writer in Doug Pike shouldn’t give Chairman Gleason
Full StoryOnorato Announces First Three Minority Business Loans through the Metropolitan Loan Fund of Pittsburgh
By THE OFFICE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE DAN ONORATO
PITTSBURGH — Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato today joined State Senator Wayne
Fontana, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, Tim Fogarty, Director of Energy Programs at
Innovation Works, and Dr. Howard Slaughter Jr., President and CEO of Landmarks Community
Capital Corporation, to announce the first three minority loan recipients from the Metropolitan
Loan Fund of Pittsburgh (MLFP). The MLFP is a public-private partnership designed…
Toomey: Debate between purity and popularity in GOP misses the point
Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey on Wednesday said that the GOP could be inclusive without compromising its priciples.
In an op-ed in the Post-Gazette, Toomey called the choice between expanding the party’s appeal and maintaining its ideological purity a “false dichotomy designed to be a lose-lose proposition for the GOP.”
“The better questions are: What guiding principles define the modern Republican Party? Where should the party be flexible and where must it be resolute?” Toomey…
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