GOP in good position for House, Senate races

The pThe House list is significant for including not only such obvious targets as Kathy Dahlkemper, Chris Carney, Paul Kanjorski, and Jason Altmire but also the always-in-trouble John…

Welch for Congress Announces Additions to Campaign Team

By WELCH FOR PA

MEDIA, PA – Building off of his grassroots momentum and a renewed commitment to taking back the 7th Congressional District, Republican candidate for Congress Steven Welch today announced the addition of three key members to his campaign team. The announcement follows Joe Sestak’s decision to run for the United States Senate, making the district a top target for both parties in the 2010 elections. Welch has spent the past several months…

The phoney-baloney budget

What do you call a budget that isn’t really a budget? Or what do you call a budget bill that isn’t to be taken seriously? And what do you call a budget process shot through with sham, hypocrisy, and cynicism?

Phony is one word that comes to mind. Baloney is another. And that largely sums it up. With Gov. Ed Rendell’s expected approval tof his “bridge” budget, Pennsylvania is now the sole proprietor of a…

Welch staffs up in PA-7

Republican Congressional candidate Steven Welch is beginning to build a campaign team for his run at the 7th District seat being vacated by Joe Sestak, and has hired a prominent media consultant, a pollster and a new media strategist, a campaign insider told pa2010.com Wednesday.

GOP political guru John Brabender will run the campaign’s media production. Brabender is also working for Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett. The well-known Republican polling firm Public Opinion Strategies will…

Lentz will make formal announcement for Sestak’s seat soon

FOLSOM—State Representative Bryan Lentz (D-Delaware), already building a campaign to succeed Congressman Joe Sestak in the 7th District, will be formally announcing his candidacy at some point over the next month, Lentz told pa2010.com.

Standing outside the VFW hall here where Sestak announced his Senate candidacy Tuesday, Lentz acknowledged that the seat, which Sestak was the first Democrat to hold in decades, will be difficult to defend. But he said he was on the right…

The party weighs in on the Senate primary

While the Pennsylvania Democratic Party welcomes Congressman Joe Sestak Sestak (D-7) into the primary race for the U.S. Senate in 2010, it’s important to also note how difficult the challenge will be for him against Senator Arlen Specter.

Historically, Democratic incumbents have been difficult to topple at the state level. While the January endorsement meeting of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party will prove to be a dream for reporters, bloggers, pollsters and political pundits, it’s difficult…

The First Read — August 5, 2009

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THE PRESS ROOM: The former Senate hopeful opts to control the conversation instead
Chris Matthews had to think he made the right decision Tuesday evening. It wasn’t so long…

Full video of Sestak’s speech

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A pa2010.com recap of a busy news day

A lot happened Tuesday. In case you missed anything, here’s a rundown of pa2010.com‘s coverage of Joe Sestak’s announcement, the fallout, reaction, analysis and other news.

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Toomey’s center-tack nothing but a trick

Now that Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) has finally made his challenge to Senator Arlen Specter official, Republican Pat Toomey, running mostly unopposed in the GOP primary, seems perfectly comfortable tacking toward the center, beginning his efforts at appearing to be a moderate, mainstream alternative to Pennsylvania voters.

But how successful can the former Club for Growth president and BFF to Grover Norquist—the man who doesn’t seem to want to pay his share of taxes and…