Sestak calls Ridge’s terror-chart revelation ‘a disappointment’

Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) on Friday waded into the

Ridge not looking to run for president in 2012—unless GOP comes calling

Former Gov. Tom Ridge was the king of political TV Thursday night after advance copies of his new book, The Test of Our Times, were released. Ridge asserts that during his tenure as the nation’s first head of Homeland Security, he questioned whether an attempt by White House officials to raise the terror threat was more about politics than protecting America.

Ridge resigned after the 2004 election and has since then denied politics played a…

Sestak, Toomey to talk health care in joint town hall

How’s this for an early campaign season?

Months before it’s even determined if they’ll be general election opponents, Republican Pat Toomey and Democrat Joe Sestak will face off Sept. 2 in town hall meeting about health care.

The announcement Friday came after a spirited back-and-forth in the press, in which Toomey and Sestak debated the merits of the policies emerging in Congress. Eventually, Sestak invited Toomey to discuss the matter in person, and Toomey accepted.…

Toomey Accepts Sestak’s Town Hall Meeting Invite

By TOOMEY FOR SENATE

Allentown, PA – Today, U.S. Senate candidate Pat Toomey accepted an invitation issued by Rep. Joe Sestak to participate in a town hall meeting on health care on September 2, 2009 at Muhlenberg College in Allentown.  The invitation was issued after Mr. Toomey engaged the Congressman in an exchange over health care several days ago.  Mr. Toomey also suggested that the two campaigns invite Muhlenberg College’s Dr. Christopher Borick to moderate…

Specter’s town hall: ‘God will judge you’

Even though I personally don’t favor a government-run health care system or the so-called “public option,” I did find some irony in the statement of the man who stood up before Senator Arlen Specter at a health care town hall and said those forever remembered words. God will judge you negatively for giving health care to more people? Look, I’m sure the guy favored some type of health care reform, 65 percent of Americans do.…

Still more on incivility and who’s causing it

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Lentz headed to the White House Monday

State Representative Bryan Lentz (D-Delaware) will get a nice photo-op Monday, when he joins “select group” of energy policy leaders at the White House to discuss policy with Obama administration officials.

Lentz’s office announced his invitation to the White House Friday morning, though few details were provided. Regardless, it will be a chance for the 7th Congressional District hopeful to showcase his environmental bonafides ahead of next year’s primary.

“This is an excellent opportunity to…

PA State Representative Bryan Lentz Invited to White House to Debate US Energy’s Future

By THE OFFICE OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE BRYAN LENTZ (D-DELAWARE)

Swarthmore, PA – August 21, 2009 — PA State Representative Bryan R. Lentz (D-161st Legislative District)  is among a select group of regional and national energy leaders invited to the White House next week to engage with Cabinet Secretaries and White House staff to discuss the ongoing debate over our country’s energy future. The event will be held at the White House on Monday, August 24th.…

THURSDAY LEFTOVERS: Toomey keeps the heat on, Dahlkemper calls for civility & still more support for Pike

By now, it should be abundantly clear: Republican Pat Toomey is running a general election campaign against both his potential Democratic opponents.

After alternating between attacks on Senator Arlen Specter and Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) throughout the last several days, the Toomey campaign shows no sign of letting up. The contours of the basic attack have become pretty solidified: Specter and Sestak are both flaming liberals, Toomey says, but at least Sestak is honest about…

What a difference an administration makes

Remember the good old days of the Bush administration, when anyone wearing a T-shirt opposing him or his policies was cordoned off to a “protester pen” miles away from where he was making a public appearance, with some even asked to sign “pledge cards” promising their support to be let in the door?

Democracy in action.

Now that we have a new administration in power, however, things have changed drastically. Now, those who disagree with…