Archive for October, 2009
Rush’s rant
Predictably, after being jettisoned as a minority partner by the group hoping to buy the St. Louis Rams, Rush Limbaugh, along with his many minions, is lashing out and, as is so typical of today’s conservatives, painting himself as a victim and blaming everyone for his predicament but himself.
As expected, both he and his listeners are following what has become the well-trod path of conservative victimization and denial. First, Rush never said any of…
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With all due respect to my fellow pa2010.com blogger Tammy Alonso, I believe she misunderstood the point of
Full StorySpecter and the GOP: Who’s out of touch?
I haven’t written much about Arlen Specter lately—what’s left to say?—but two recent news items did catch my attention. One is that Specter continues to pIn this context I was also fascinated by Tammy Alonso’s recent blog post. Alonso writes that Republicans are a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2009/10/whose-structural-deficiencies/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return…
Full StoryOnorato leads Dems in poll, but plurality undecided
Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato continues to lead a wide-open Democratic primary for governor, with more than a third of voters still undecided, according to a new poll.
Gerlach: Democrat Leaders’ Health Care Proposals Would Put Pennsylvania Budget in Critical Condition
By THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN JIM GERLACH (R-6)
Washington – Pennsylvania’s poor financial health would only get worse if proposals for creating a costly new government-controlled health care plan backed by Democrat leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate become law, Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA-6th District) said on Friday.
Gerlach and several Pennsylvania Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to Gov. Ed Rendell asking him to oppose the…
Full StorySpecter camp seizes on opponents’ fundraising numbers
Senator Arlen Specter’s campaign on Thursday sought to portray the Senate contest as a money race heading strongly in its direction, saying that the “wind [is] out of the sails” for primary opponent Joe Sestak and that Republican Pat Toomey is on a “spending binge.”
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Corbett tops 50-percent mark in Rasmussen poll
State Attorney General Tom Corbett is leading Congressman Gerlach (R-6) by a commanding margin in next year’s gubernatorial primary, according to a new poll.
Callahan for Congress Raises $345,000 in First Quarter
By CALLAHAN FOR CONGRESS
Bethlehem, PA – Today, Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan announced his Congressional campaign in Pennsylvania’s 15th district raised over $345,000 in just over two months since declaring his candidacy on July 29th. Mayor Callahan showed strong local support with 80% of his donations coming from Pennsylvania and the campaign has over $325,000 cash on hand.
“I’m proud of all the support we’ve received and I’m humbled to have so many people backing…
Full StoryPike gives campaign another $110K, almost matching other contributors
Democrat Doug Pike continued to personally bankroll a significant portion of his Congressional campaign during the third quarter, kicking in another $110,000, according to pPike, who is running in the 6th District, has now given his campaign more than $620,000, including in-kind donations for expenses covered. Unlike the second quarter, he raised more from other contributors than he donated to the campaign himself, taking in more than $125,000 from individuals and political action committees./p
pBut the total raised from outside contributors actually decreased from last quarter, when he raised more than $150,000 from individuals and committees, according to a href="http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00460634/424963/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://query.nictusa.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nictusa.com%2Fcgi-bin%2Fdcdev%2Fforms%2FC00460634%2F424963%2F','campaign+finance+data')" target="_blank"campaign finance data/a. Though it remains relatively early in the election cycle, that drop could indicate that the wealthy former emInquirer/em writer will continue to bear the financial brunt of his bid to succeed incumbent Congressman Jim Gerlach./p
pPike finished the quarter with about $745,000 in cash on hand./p
pHe faces Manan Trivedi in next year’s primary. Trivedi’s third quarter report had not yet been published online late Thursday afternoon, but his campaign said earlier this month that it had a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2009/10/trivedi-says-hes-raised-110k-in-3-weeks/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2009%2F10%2Ftrivedi-says-hes-raised-110k-in-3-weeks%2F','raised+%24110%2C000+in+three+weeks')" target="_blank">raised $110,000 in three weeks after he got into the race.
Pat Toomey, big spender
When Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey’s campaign announced earlier this month that it had raised a total of $3.1 million during the election cycle, some folks quietly took note of the fact that the campaign didn’t disclose a number for cash on hand. The thought was that Toomey has been burning through cash.
That indeed seem to be the case.
Toomey campaign manager Mark Harris confirms to pa2010.com Central that the candidate has $1.8 million…
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