The pols come out for Philly health care chat

PHILADELPHIA—Seven current and former Congressmen came together here Monday night to talk health care reform during a town hall meeting at The Inquirer building. Hosted by conservative talk-show host Dom Giordano, the event drew a crowd of mostly conservative voters who came to hear what the pols had to say about the possibility of a public health care option, one of the more contentious segments of the emerging legislation.

Democratic Congressmen Bob Brady, Chakka Fattah…

A pa2010.com Labor Day break

With the news cycle continuing its late-summer slowdown and in an effort to get ahead of the next cycle, pa2010.com will be taking a short breather until after Labor Day. The First Read will not be delivered again until Tuesday, Sept. 8.

But don’t despair. We’ll keep you posted about big items on our external newswires. And if something significant breaks, there’s still only one place to go, pa2010.com.

We’ll see you soon.

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The First Read — August 27, 2009

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Pa. pols chime in on Kennedy
The passing of Senator Ted Kennedy brought the inevitable flurry of official statements from the Keystone State’s current and former elected officials…

Pa. pols chime in on Kennedy

The passing of Senator Ted Kennedy brought the inevitable flurry of official statements from the Keystone State’s current and former elected officials and political candidates.

Here is just a sampling of what they had to say.

Senator Arlen Specter:

“Senator Kennedy made historic contributions on civil rights, health care, education, the Judiciary, labor law, immigration, and virtually all facets of life in America. Working with him on the big issues of our era was a…

On assignment…

Things may be rolling in the news at the national level, but here in Pennsylvania politics, they’re slowing to a pre-Labor Day crawl.

With that in mind, pa2010.com Central will sporadically be on outside assignment the rest of the week. But don’t despair. If news breaks, there’s still only one place to go, and that’s still pa2010.com.

Stay tuned for more.

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These are our leaders?

I could not believe some of the items in the news this week.

First there was former state Senator Vince Fumo’s embarrassingly shameful attempt to Full Story

Republicans are rolling

Sorry for the long delay between posts, but things have been incredibly busy here at the Pennsylvania GOP as we continue to prepare for the critical 2009 statewide judicial elections.

However, while we enjoy these last few summer days, I wanted to take a few minutes to opine on the major political news stories being discussed at both the national and state level.

The health care debate continues to serve as the centerpiece of the…

Toomey says he’ll be ‘prepared to run against either one’

Appearing on Fox News Wednesday morning, Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey promoted his new book, reiterated his now-familiar attacks on Senator Arlen Specter and said he could take on whichever Democrat emerges from next year’s primary.

“Joe Sestak’s a principled liberal,” Toomey said on Fox & Friends. “Arlen Specter, you never know what he believes.

“I’ll be prepared to run against either one,” he added.

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The First Read — August 26, 2009

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End-of-life care pamphlet controversy prompts Sestak to criticize Specter
Joe Sestak is taking issue with Arlen Specter’s call for a Senate hearing on a booklet used by the Veterans…

End-of-life care pamphlet controversy prompts Sestak to criticize Specter

Joe Sestak is taking issue with Arlen Specter’s call for a Senate hearing on a booklet used by the Veterans Administration for end-of-life advice for critically ill veterans.

The booklet is called Full Story