Trivedi says he opposes Stupak amendment; campaign keeps up the attack

Doug Pike asked. Manan Trivedi answered—and then attacked some more.

In the latest volley of a day-long fight between Doug Pike and Manan Trivedi over abortion, Trivedi’s campaign insisted Tuesday night that the Reading doctor has always opposed the Stupak amendment to federal health care reform legislation, which would expand restrictions to abortion access.

“He has never supported it,” Trivedi spokesman Daren Berringer said in a statement.

Not content to leave it there, the Trivedi …

The First Read — December 2, 2009

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Obama’s Afghanistan plan crystallizes difference between Sestak and Specter
A contrast that had recently emerged between the two major Democratic candidates for Senate on Afghanistan policy was …

The revisionist history of negative elections, by Doug Pike’s campaign

By TRIVEDI FOR CONGRESS

Reading, Pa – Today, Manan Trivedi’s campaign called on Doug Pike to come clean with the people of the 6th district when it comes to negative campaigns and running an operation based on assumptions and not facts.

“We expect better from a journalist like Doug Pike,” said Trivedi spokesperson Daren Berringer.  “We always thought that journalists asked questions first and gathered some facts before formulating an opinion about someone.  What we …

Scary subhead

The Wall Street Journal …

6th District smackdown

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It’s on. This is officially a primary.

Pike wants ‘reasoned discussion’

The fight over abortion between the two Democratic candidates in the 6th District continued late Tuesday, with Doug Pike’s campaign decrying Manan Trivedi’s attack and pressuring him to take a clear position on the Stupak amendment.

“We are disappointed that Manan has decided that the only way he can win is to run a negative campaign,” Pike campaign manager Andrew Eldredge-Martin said in a statement.

His comments came after a day of back-and-forth between the …

Pike Calls For Reasoned Discussion Of Issues

By PIKE FOR CONGRESS

Ardmore, PA — Today, Democrat Doug Pike called on his opponent to shelve the negative attacks and focus on staking out positions on key issues in the race for Congress.

In an Op-Ed today, Doug Pike made the argument that he was the only candidate in the 6th District race to have publicly taken a position on choice. Instead of responding in a reasoned fashion, Manan Trivedi decided to adopt a …

Trivedi: I’m pro choice, despite what Pike says

Democrat Manan Trivedi’s campaign on Tuesday hit back against primary opponent Doug Pike for suggesting in a …

Doug Pike is publicly pro-choice . . . Really?

By TRIVEDI FOR CONGRESS

Reading, Pa. – In an email sent out by his campaign on December 1, 2009 and in a subsequent op-ed, Doug Pike makes a claim that he is the “only publicly pro-choice candidate” running in the 6th congressional district. Given his own public record, the facts tell a very different story.

In a column Mr. Pike publicly wrote in 1990, he publicly endorsed the re-election campaign of how he phrased it, …

Cohen and Welch welcome Sellers in 6th District (Updated)

Two Republican candidates in the 6th District greeted their …