22 for 145 in baseball that is a one way trip back to the minors. Maybe it is time for Corbett to start focusing on the job he already has instead of running around the state trying to get elected to a new one.

He will run on this, and when you see it in his ads it’ll look like he locked up the Manson Family.

When in reality, he merely locked onto some trumped up evidence, found plenty of sympathetic reporters who will jump at anything that looks like corruption, and then played his hand out like a high-priced striptease artist, showing just a little bit, then a little more, as the weeks went by.

It’s a mixed bag, enough so that both sides can claim some victories. The fact of the matter remains that Corbett went after the Dems zealously while practically ignoring the Reps. This seems like a systemic issue and Corbett appears to have made a calculated move to attack Democrats while all but sidestepping Republican transgressions. It took him more than a week to raid Republican caucus offices and over a year to charge any Republicans. When does the investigation into the AG’s use of office for political gain begin?

A mixed bag is winning at least as many as you loose. Of all the counts that have gone to trial, he has won only 15%. The problem is he is not participating in the biggest trial of the last decade or so. He is off campaigning while his inept assistants let these people go free. It is time for Corbett to do the job we elected him to.;

[...] pa2010:  Almost three years after word first broke that the state Attorney General’s office was investigating corruption in the legislature, Tom Corbett can boast a conviction. [...]

These comments are hilarious. So far the Atorney General’s Office has convicted or got guilty pleas on 10 of the first 12 cases. That’s 10 successful prosecutions verus two acquittals. Looks like a good percentage to me. If you’re examining every count, you don’t know much about the criminal legal system.

Chris – Is that the system that says throw everything against the wall and hope something sticks?

So now you’re saying that the only reason there were convictions was because of the number of charges filed? Nice straw man argument.

I’ll put it this way- Ask the 10 convicted bonusgate defendants if they “won” as opposed to the two who were acquitted. That will tell you all you need to know about how successful these criminal cases have been so far.

Courtesy of “Red Pin Pete” in another thread:

Actually Chris, he is 22 of 165, but if you want to count people then lets do so. He has 3 contested convictions and 2 acquittals. The 7 who plead guilty did so because he would not get jail time. What about the 25+ that he did not charge so they would testify? So 3 will get jail time, 2 acquitted and 32+ no jail time. Stellar success. You’re right he deserves credit for completely mishandling this case. Get back to work Tom!!! We pay your salary to be the State’s Attorney, not to run for Governor.

The fact that he did not appoint a federal prosecutor to take over the entire state-wide, two party investigation, and rescue himself and his office in a year that he’s running for governor is simply unforgivable. I’m glad to see those that broke the law be punished, but not happy that it was done by the state’s AG office in an election year. This should have been prosecuted by the Feds to insure impartiality. Totally bogus on Corbett’s part and he should now do right to the taxpayers of Pa. and end his quest for governor.