Archive for August, 2009
Toomey hits Specter on bailouts, starts petition
Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey criticized incubent Arlen Specter on Monday for voting against an end to TARP bailouts, and started a petition on his Web site to force the issue.
“I need you to join me and sign this petition to demand Arlen Specter stop funding the bailouts of failing businesses and Washington Special Interests,” Toomey said on
Full StoryVeterans group backs Sestak, warns against ‘Swift Boat’ tactics
Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) on Monday netted the endorsement of a prominent group of military veterans, which promised to donate money to his Senate campaign and prod its members to do the same.
VoteVets PAC Endorses Sestak in PA
By VOTEVETS.ORG
WASHINGTON – The largest progressive group of veterans in America, with over 105,000 veterans and civilian supporters, today endorsed Congressman and Afghanistan Veteran Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary. VoteVets.org PAC will immediately send money to his campaign, and rally its base to send support, as well.
“Joe Sestak will bring the same honesty, integrity, and hard work with which he’s always served America to the U.S. Senate,” said Iraq War Veteran…
Toomey Campaign Unveils Petition Telling Specter to End Bailout Funding
By TOOMEY FOR SENATE
Allentown, PA – Today, the Toomey campaign unveiled a petition urging Arlen Specter to end bailout funding. The petition can be found at www.toomeyforsenate.com.
Last week, Senator Specter voted against an amendment that would have prohibited the government from extending the TARP bailout program past December 31, 2009 (RC #267, 08/06/09). The $1 trillion bailout program is an unfair use of taxpayer dollars that rewards irresponsible companies and penalizes responsible and…
Full StoryTop-5 questions in the Specter-Sestak matchup
It’s on. After months of political teasing and shadowboxing, Joe Sestak finally pIt will be one of the most closely watched primaries in the country, and very possibly the most expensive race in the land. There are countless factors that could sway the outcome. But at empa2010.com/em, we humbly offer up the top-5 questions whose answers could tilt the race./p
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Pennsylvania’s odd man out
As a society we ask many probing questions about our politics and our politicians. Sometimes, however, we miss the obvious one—the question so self evident, so plain, and so clear that we overlook it altogether.
Case in point: one senior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, prolific fundraiser, longest serving U.S. Senator in state history, most successful state politician in modern times, former Republican now turned Democrat, and currently a cause célèbre in the national political world.…
Full StoryTea parties, health care riots don’t help Republican cause
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Full StoryAssault weapons ban becomes a critical divider among Senate candidates
In the recent interviews on MSNBC’s Hardball, Republican Pat Toomey emphasized one of the biggest cultural differences between his campaign and the campaign of Democratic Senate candidates Joe Sestak and Arlen Specter.
Last week, that difference was exacerbated when Joe Sestak urged his colleagues to reinstate a Clinton-era ban on assault weapons, pointing for justification to the recent shootings in Allegheny County, as well as the killings of police officers in Pittsburgh.
“As we continue to see the…
Full StoryThe First Read — August 10, 2009
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Meehan and Welch will meet soon, source says
Now that former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan seems likely to run for Congress in the 7th District, he and Republican candidate…
Iraq vet to take on Carney
Chris Carney has an opponent.
The 10th District Congressman, considered to be
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