This would be HUGE.

I would think that Knox would share more policy positions with Hoeffel than Onorato.

[...] calls and e-mails to the Knox campaign were not immediately returned. Pa2010.com reported that Campaign Manager Josh Morrow didn’t know anything about Knox’s possible drop-out, [...]

To David Diano…

What makes you think that Knox the businessman would be closer to Hoeffel the progressive than Oronato?

Btw, I’d love to see Knox gone from the race. He seems to think his money can buy him a political legacy without his campaigning on the street

I thought he would be the last to go. If the Democrats are to beat the AG it will be with a Dan O and Doherty ticket. Now that Knox is gone, the rest should follow shortly.

ed h
Knox is pretty progressive and Onorato isn’t.

Knox and Hoeffel are for gay marriage. Onorato is against it (I even asked him myself directly).

Knox and Hoeffel are for expanding women’s rights, especially Choice. Onorato is not for progressing women’s rights in this area. When I asked him specifically, he stated that he would veto any legislation that changed the status quo in either direction. That’s not progress.

Onorato is an NRA guy. He’s from hunting country. He’s not going to do a damn thing to help Philly enact tougher gun laws. When I asked him about this, he said that he could get the NRA to “listen” to him because he was “one of them”. Yeah, that’s going to be a real help.

[...] Knox rumored to exit Gov race, but campaign chief says no… [...]

If Knox goes and Wecht jumps in…things get much, much better for Hoeffel. He still gets crushed by Corbett in the general and is about to become drawn into the pay to play scandal currently swirling around Jim Matthews, but this is still good news for Hoeffel.

It will be a turkey shoot for Corbett if the dems go with dan the tax man. Wagner is much more formidable to have on the ballot for the dems.

Wagner currently isn’t organized well. You all forget that very important piece. If on candidate is better than another we need to stand behind them and help them be organized. Have you seen Wagner’s website, has he done any events or the like? NO, and his website is a mess. Sure tell me it doesn’t matter……..you’d be wrong.

David D., you are correct in your analysis of differences on social issues beyween the two but they share the same philosophy on economic issues which is to cater to the monied interests. That is the change that Onorato and Rendell and Rahm and Knox want to stop. That is why they can all get together. And, really, the money behind Corbett goes to the same clubs and celebrity events as the Democratic money behind Onorato.

[...] and conjecture." Rumors have been out there that Knox's wife doesn't want him to run, says Pa2010. Posted Jan 21 2010, 09:44 AM by Timothy McNulty Filed under: Dan Onorato, governor's race, Tom [...]

obamarox-
Onorato is the guy that strikes me as tied to the big money interests. He’s pulling in money so fast, that it’s unlikely it comes without favors or their expectation. With the kind of money Onorato is getting, he practically owes them a “lap dance” and not just mere “catering”.
I’m driven more by the social issues. The businesses find loopholes and ways to get around everything, but civil rights stuff is more understandable to the common man when it gets violated.

David, you and I agree on the social issues. I am more convinced with each passing day that the overarching issue is whether we survive as a democracy with the increasing concentration of economic and political power. I want people to be the decision makers not rely on some limo liberal or limo conservative to decide for me. What defines them is the limo ride, not the ideology. And I would prefer to argue with some neocon and hope to win that argument at some point than let the money eliminate a real choice for people in my party. That is what they always try and do and why Democrats have to stand up to these money bullies.

obamarox-
My feeling is that the business solutions should come from the social philosophy. By that, I mean, a candidate with a strong sense of equality for all, would be more likely to enact business solutions that protect the workers and the little guy over special interests. How can I trust business decisions from people that oppose the equal rights of women and gays?

David, I understand your beliefs and agree with them that ought to be the natural outcome. However, it was corporate Democrats under Bill Clinton who did NAFTA and the rest of the trade policies which spawned a surge in child labor, convict labor, and outsourcing of US entry level and eventually manufacturing jobs. It was Bill Clinton who took down all restrictions on Wall Street and the concentration of power in the hands of a few global financiers. The same guy was very in tune with us on social philosophy. I guess they understood it to mean that you could have your marriage equality and your racial equality but you cannot have a decent pension or working conditions if it interferes with our friends and their profits.

I’m not sure how accurate it is to say Clinton took down all Wall Street regs.

Clinton signed the bill. The elimination of most regulations from the New Deal era was the brain child of Clinton Treaury Secretary Robert Rubin and his evil spawn now at Treaury Tim Geithner.