Is Onorato too conservative for the party, or just right for 2010?

As Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato pursues his party’s nomination for governor, he confronts a political challenge about which there may be little he can do: Rightly or wrongly, he is viewed by many progressive, southeast Democrats as too conservative to be the party’s standard-bearer in 2010.

It is this sentiment that has led more Democrats, like Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel, to p“I believe there’s got…

WaPo on the Senate race

The Washington Post has a pretty in-depth feature on the Senate race this morning.

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The First Read — August 17, 2009

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Dinniman won’t run for Congress; field seems clear for Pike
Looks like Doug Pike can start his general election campaign early. State Senator Andy Dinniman (D-Chester) said Monday that…

Competing endorsements for gubernatorial candidates

As the 2010 elections vamp up, endorsements for gubernatorial candidates are coming in. Recent endorsements include Congressman Bill Shuster’s endorsement of Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-6) and state Senators Daylin Leach and Andy Dinniman’s endorsements of Democrat Dan Onorato.

Shuster’s endorsement was announced in an last week

Onorato Announces Green Lighting Project at Pittsburgh International Airport 

By THE OFFICE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY EXECUTIVE DAN ONORATO

PITTSBURGH — Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato today announced that the
Allegheny County Airport Authority has been awarded an $800,000 grant by the Pennsylvania
Energy Development Authority (PEDA) to install LED lighting at Pittsburgh International
Airport parking lots.

“The Airport Authority’s green lighting project is another win-win situation by increasing energy
efficiency and decreasing costs,” said Onorato. “When I launched the Allegheny…

Are the Specter folks peeved at the press? (Updated)

This may be much ado about nothing, but a couple e-mails from Arlen Specter’s campaign on Monday caught my eye, and made me wonder if the campaign is a little annoyed with the media.

One, about the

Sestak: Obama ‘has to provide an exit strategy’ for Afghanistan

Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) said Monday that Afghanistan isn’t a quagmire of the Vietnam War sort, but called on President Obama to set clear benchmarks for an eventual exit from the country eight years after the American invasion. Without being specific about such benchmarks, Sestak avoided full-throated support of Obama’s

Dinniman won’t run for Congress; field seems clear for Pike

Looks like Doug Pike can start his general election campaign early.

State Senator Andy Dinniman (D-Chester) said Monday that he will not be running for Congress, making it all but certain that Pike will have the 6th District Democratic primary field to himself.

After Bob Roggio told pa2010.com last week that he

Crowded fields another encouraging sign for GOP

I’ve take some heat in comments for suggesting next year, just maybe, might be a good one for the Republican Party. I could eat those words, of course. But the signs keep showing up.

One interesting, if hardly conclusive, sign is the level of candidate enthusiasm. After former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan suggested he Full Story

Congrats, Mike Gerber

Suburban Snapshot offers kudos and congratulations to state Representative Mike Gerber (D-Montgomery), who was recently named “Best of Philly Politician—Burbs” in the August edition of Philadelphia Magazine. This accolade comes because of Gerber’s great work in the community, maintaining funding for education, the arts and libraries, and protecting families in this tough economy by keeping taxes low.

In addition, the Germantown Academy attorney successfully ushered into law Pennsylvania’s first-ever alternative fuels statute, and was the…