The problem with ‘The Real Arlen Specter’

Arlen Specter is doing a good job of controlling the political conversation now. But what will happen when his opponents’ commercials begin blanketing the airwaves in the run-up to the primary? Democrat Joe Sestak and Republican Pat Toomey will certainly put Specter’s trustworthiness on the line. They will run hard-hitting ads questioning his integrity, like the one above. Specter will be called to task to explain his record.

Can Specter pull off a victory if…

Knox rolls out proposed ethics, government reforms

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Knox on Thursday announced an ambitious and far-reaching package of proposed government reforms, calling for everything from limits on campaign contributions and reducing the size of the state legislature to cutting the discretionary spending grants infamously known as WAMs and requiring elected officials to resign when seeking higher office.

The proposals, unveiled during an online chat with supporters, a conference call with reporters and a new campaign Web video, amounted to…

GOP rebounds in Pa.—or does it?

I posted yesterday on the Republican Party’s pAre they true?/p
pOn the surface, they would seem to be.  Joan Orie Melvin’s election to the state Supreme Court has got to be satisfying for a party that has gotten used to losing at the statewide level. In my…

Does Corbett have any pop with the GOP?

On Election Day, the voters of Centre County awarded Democrat Stacy Parks-Miller a resounding victory in the District Attorney’s race, 65-35 percent. She smoked the Republican incumbent by winning 85 of 89 precincts despite receiving quite a bit of support from the state Republican Party as well as an “endorsement” from state Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial hopeful, Tom Corbett.

Corbett’s presence in Centre County a month ago may have done more harm than good…

Congrats to local Democratic winners

“If you don’t succeed, we’ll make a hero out of you for trying. That’s the kind of team we play on.”

—President Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1964

While Tuesday’s results were not what we wanted as Democrats, it’s important to take a step back, reflect and take a look at the bigger picture in Pennsylvania and build upon our strengths.

First of all, every single one of our statewide judicial candidates…

Specter Introduces Resolution to Televise Supreme Court Proceedings

By THE OFFICE OF SENATOR ARLEN SPECTER

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), along with seven colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced a Sense of the Senate Resolution urging the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of open Court proceedings.  The resolution seeks to open the Supreme Court’s doors so that more Americans can see the process by which the Court reaches critical decisions of law that affect this country and everyday…

On Knox’s policy announcement

I’m hopping onto a plane, but I wanted everyone to rest assured that I’ll be following up later on coverage of 

Knox’s Web video

In announcing his

Inching toward guv race, Rohrer looks to test power of conservatives

A small congressional district in upstate New York was briefly a

Dinniman to endorse Trivedi in PA-6

State Senator Andrew Dinniman (D-Chester) is set to back Manan Trivedi for Congress in the 6th District, giving Trivedi a powerful local ally in his insurgent bid against early primary front-runner Doug Pike.

Dinniman will throw his support to the Reading physician during an endorsement party later this month at the home of Bob Roggio, the Democratic candidate who lost in the district last year and is Full Story