Tom Corbett’s problem

Attorney General Tom Corbett has a problem. More precisely, he had a problem. More about that in a moment.

Corbett’s problem was the same problem confronted by each of his predecessors since the Office of Attorney General became elective in 1980: how to leverage his statewide office into an electoral springboard capable of catapulting him into the Governor’s Mansion.

It might seem that Corbett’s problem shouldn’t be a problem at all. His office is one…

Conner: ‘I am not an insider’

Gail Conner is playing catch up. As she seeks the Democratic nomination in the 7th Congressional District, she faces a front-runner opponent, state Representative Bryan Lentz (D-Delaware), who has a three-month head start, significant party support and more than $250,000 in the bank.

But Conner, an environmental lawyer who unexpectedly

Long lost campaign videos (Sestak and Touey)

For a while pa2010.com was having some technical difficulties with uploading videos to our

Lentz Launches Campaign Website and Social Networking Tools

By LENTZ FOR CONGRESS

SWARTHMORE:  Today, Bryan Lentz is officially launching his Congressional campaign website, votelentz.com.  This announcement comes just a few days after Lentz officially declared his candidacy for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District to over 130 supporters at Upper Darby American Legion Post 214 last Thursday.  Lentz has already raised over $250,000, secured the endorsement of 70+ key elected officials and party leaders and built a top-flight campaign organization. He is widely considered the…

Christie to headline fundraisers for Meehan

New Jersey Governor-elect Chris Christie will headline two fundraisers next month for his former colleague Pat Meehan, lending the 7th District hopeful the prestige of the latest big Republican win.

Christie, who beat incumbent Gov. Jon Corzine earlier this month and was a U.S. Attorney with Meehan, will be at a big-dollar fundraiser for Meehan Dec. 2 at the Union League in downtown Philadelphia, a campaign official said. Later that evening, he’ll appear at a…

The end of ‘too big to fail’

“Too big to fail” must die. I am preparing legislation to empower federal regulators to rein in and dismantle financial firms which are so large, inter-connected, or risky that their collapse would put at risk the entire American economic system, even if those firms currently appear to be well-capitalized and healthy. Never again should American taxpayers have to bail out high-flying financiers when their risky bets go sour.

The economic meltdown we narrowly averted last…

Sestak and Limbaugh tussle over 9/11 trials

Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) and radio host Rush Limbaugh had a little tussle over the weekend, after Limbaugh called Sestak a “dangerous, left-wing, radical ideologue” for supporting the Obama administration’s decision to try Guantanamo detainees in the United States.

Airing comments Sestak made in a television interview, Limbaugh said the decision to try the detainees in the U.S. was being done “precisely to appease the left” (audio above).

Sestak’s Senate campaign shot back in a…

Corbett, Perzel and the winding road to the Governor’s Mansion

I had a mixed reaction to the news last week that Attorney General Tom Corbett has

More videos from the Trivedi endorsement party

Below are a couple more videos from the

The First Read — November 16, 2009

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Dinniman: Trivedi ‘appeals to that middle ground’ (Video)
MALVERN—State Senator Andrew Dinniman (D-Chester) formally endorsed Manan Trivedi for Congress Sunday, calling him a candidate who could win the support…