Lentz nabs local labor endorsement

State Representative Bryan Lentz (D-Delaware) was endorsed by a local AFL-CIO chapter late Wednesday, setting him up to argue that he’s a candidate for labor even before he’s declared his candidacy.

The Delaware County chapter of the labor group endorsed Lentz on a unanimous vote, which both the campaign and the organization said was unprecedented in an announcement Thursday.

“America’s workers must share equitably in our nation’s prosperity and I will fight hard everyday to…

Lentz Receives Early Endorsement from AFL-CIO

By LENTZ FOR CONGRESS

SWARTHMORE, PA—State Representative Bryan R. Lentz announced today that the Delaware County American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) unanimously endorsed him for Congress, despite the fact that he has not formally announced his candidacy yet and the election is still a full thirteen months away.  This is a key endorsement this early in the process and it demonstrates Lentz’s strength as a candidate as he continues to…

Biden reportedly set to headline Specter fundraiser next month

Continuing the Obama administration’s political support of Senator Arlen Specter, Vice President Joe Biden will be in Pittsburgh Oct. 19 to tee of a fundraiser for Specter’s reelection, The Morning Call

Back to basics

Senator Arlen Specter is in a fight for survival.

Joe Sestak is in a fight for his party.

Pat Toomey is in a fight against Specter.

Back during the Presidential election, pollsters often coined the question, “Is your vote for McCain, for Obama, against Obama, against McCain, against Bush, or against Pelosi and Reid?”

I’m starting to think that applies here in 2010.

In 2004, Pat Toomey ran a campaign to depose a liberal Republican…

Spotlight on the ‘Burgh

With world leaders, media and protesters set to descend on Pittsburgh next week for the G-20 Summit and attention necessarily focused on everything from security to accommodations to bus schedules, it’s possible that other recent high-profile events hosted by the city may have been missed by those outside of our region. But you’ll have to excuse those of us here in the southwestern corner of the state for being proud of the fact that our…

Knox’s radio ads

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Specter raises $2.5 million with Obama and friends

$2.5 million—not bad for a night’s work. That large sum is the total haul Arlen Specter took Tuesday night in his highest-of-high-profile fundraiser with President Obama, Gov. Ed Rendell, Senator Bob Casey and a host of other state and national Democratic luminaries.

Knox to pay fines over ads in 2007 mayoral race

Gubernatorial hopeful Tom Knox is paying a fine over radio ads from his 2007 Philadelphia mayoral campaign that violated city campaign finance laws, The Inquirer reports.

In advertisements attacking then-candidate Michael Nutter, the Knox campaign sought to paint him as an enemy to community churches. But the ads purported to have been paid by an organization that didn’t exist, an investigation by the city’s Board of Ethics revealed they were produced and bankrolled by the…

EXCLUSIVE: Doherty gubernatorial run seems a sure shot (Updated)

With a political team in place and fundraising outreach well underway, Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty is now all-but-certain to run for governor, pa2010.com has learned.

Doherty, a Democrat who is expected to cruise to a third term as mayor this fall after

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EXCLUSIVE: Doherty gubernatorial run seems a sure shot
With a political team in place and fundraising outreach well underway, Scranton Mayor Chris Doherty is now all-but-certain to run for…