Obama to headline fundraiser for Specter next month

Fulfilling his promise to battle for Senator Arlen Specter’s reelection, President Obama will reportedly attend a fundraiser for the Republican-turned-Democrat next month.

The Daily News

Back in business

I’m back!

Instead of recapping what I think of all the political news of the summer, I thought I’d just take a minute to ask for some suggestions on what you want to hear, Better than commenting on a two-month-old pile of stories.

Let me know folks.

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Toomey proves he’s just another political opportunist

Well, that didn’t take long.

Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey has officially become part of the go-along, get-along Establishment that he so vocally opposed over the years. In the process, he has demonstrated that he is just another politician masquerading as a principled conservative. It is precisely this type of hypocrisy—from Toomey and  some of his followers—that can signal the beginning of the end for a political movement.

At issue is Toomey’s statement that, had…

The First Read — August 17, 2009

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NETROOTS ROUNDUP: Sestak wins a poll, Specter makes a call and Toomey comes to town
Here’s a quick rundown of what happened in The Steel City. Read…

NETROOTS ROUNDUP: Sestak wins a poll, Specter makes a call and Toomey comes to town

pa2010.com Central was sorry not to be in Pittsburgh for this past weekend’s Netroots Nation convention. But we’ve pledged to bring you the news always, even if we’re not the ones breaking it. With that in mind, here’s a quick rundown of what happened in The Steel City.

The big news might be that Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) easily won a straw-poll of the liberal bloggers who had egged him on in his decision to…

Research 2000 poll shows Specter still leading

UPDATE APPENDED (See bottom)

Senator Arlen Specter is still ahead in both his primary matchup with Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) and a general election contest with Republican Pat Toomey, according to a recent Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll.

The survey, released last week after a Rasmussen poll showed

Onorato gets a reassessment setback

The state Supreme Court on Friday brought property-tax reassessments one step closer to a political headache for Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, when it ruled that the county pOnorato, who is almost certainly running for governor, faces a a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2009/05/analysis-as-a-political-obstacle-looms-onorato-looks-to-put-the-onus-on-harrisburg/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fanalysis-as-a-political-obstacle-looms-onorato-looks-to-put-the-onus-on-harrisburg%2F','looming+political+obstacle')" target="_blank"looming political obstacle/a in his court-ordered mandate to conduct county-wide property-tax reassessments that will almost certainly lead to steep tax increases.…

FRIDAY LEFTOVERS: Welch moves forward, DiFrancesco the cyclist, more ire at Specter & more support for Pike

The DelCo Times says Republican Steven Welch pMeanwhile, Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor Nick DiFrancesco is quite the motocyclist. He’s been traversing the state on his Harley, emThe Tribune-Democrat/em a href="http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_225232846.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.tribune-democrat.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tribune-democrat.com%2Flocal%2Flocal_story_225232846.html','can%22t+catch+a+break')" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.tribune-democrat.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tribune-democrat.com%2Flocal%2Flocal_story_225232846.html','reports')" target="_blank">reports. “I believe it gets the attention of the everyday person,” DiFrancesco says. Well, not those of us terrified of motorcycles.

Arlen Specter just

Doug Pike Announces 4 Berks County Democratic Endorsements

By PIKE FOR CONGRESS

Ardmore, PA — Today Pike for Congress is announcing 4 Berks County Democratic endorsements in the race for U.S. Congress in the 6th District of Pennsylvania.

Reading City Council President Vaughn Spencer
Reading City Council Member Marcia Goodman-Hinnershitz
Reading City Auditor David Cituk
Former Reading City Council Member Donna Reed

“I am proud to have these Reading leaders standing with me in my campaign to represent the 6th…

Holy mpg, Batman!

Word on the street is that General Motors’ new Chevy Volt will get a sweet