Archive for March, 2010
LEFTOVERS: Corbett campaign chimes in, endorsements for Specter, Onorato & Trivedi
Attorney General Tom Corbett’s gubernatorial campaign is clearly sensitive to—and mindful of—charges that the Republican front-runner is using his office for political gain. There was no campaign statement trumpeting the conviction of former state Representative Mike Veon, Corbett’s first big win in the long-running Bonusgate investigation. And in the first couple days after Corbett said he’d join other state attorneys general in suing to block health care reform legislation, his campaign was similarly silent.
But…
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Congressman Patrick Murphy’s profile looks like it’s about to get bigger.
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Full StoryMcKeesport Mayor Endorses Dan Onorato for Governor
By ONORATO FOR GOVERNOR
McKeesport, PA: Today, McKeesport Mayor James Brewster officially endorsed Dan Onorato as the next governor of Pennsylvania. The Mayor also criticized Tom Corbett for ridiculing Pennsylvania’s acceptance of Federal Stimulus funds. McKeesport received more than $800,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to purchase new police vehicles, hire 3 additional full time officers and upgrade SWAT and computer equipment. The endorsement adds to the growing support Onorato has received from…
Full StoryVideo and audio from the Williams endorsement
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and state Representative Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia) pSee a video clip of Williams’ comments after the endorsement below. Click here for a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAmxvoQKXJ8" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.youtube.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DDAmxvoQKXJ8','a+video+clip+of+Evans%22+brief+statement')" target="_blank"a video clip of Evans’ brief statement/a, and click here for a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XV7irQkQHg" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.youtube.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7XV7irQkQHg','a+video+clip+of+Nutter%22s+statement')" target="_blank">a video clip of Nutter’s statement.
With Dems piling on Corbett, Sestak notes Specter’s past support
The Democratic criticism of state Attorney General Tom Corbett’s decision to sue to block health care reform legislation was reaching a fever pitch on Thursday, as Joe Sestak got into the act by pointing out that primary opponent Arlen Specter gave to Corbett’s campaign in 2008, when the senator was still in the GOP.
The $5,000 contribution from Specter’s political action committee to Corbett’s campaign was made in the closing days of the 2008 campaign,…
Full StoryDahlkemper denounces ‘threats and insults’
With Democrats in Congress growing increasingly
Full StoryWhere do we go from here?
The date of March 21, 2010 will probably go down in history as the Sunday when Democratic lawmakers were able to successfully claw and deal their way into fundamentally changing our country against the will of the majority of Americans.
There is little doubt that the overwhelming majority of Americans were and are opposed to the health care takeover that Democrats and President Obama were hell-bent in imposing. It was just another example of Democrats…
Full StoryToomey supports health care lawsuit
Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey thinks Attorney General Tom Corbett is doing the right thing.
Toomey on Thursday voiced support for his fellow Republican’s decision to join other state attorneys general in suing the block newly-enacted health care reform legislation.
“There are legitimate legal questions surrounding the legislation, and I applaud Attorney General Corbett for pursuing them,” Toomey said in a statement,
Full StoryPike says no thanks to J Street endorsement (Updated)
There’s been plenty of (online) ink spilled over endorsements that Democrat Doug Pike has lost in recent months. But there’s one endorsement that the 6th District candidate was happy to give up of his own volition: that of J Street, the left-leaning Israel policy group.
Pike recently asked J Street to remove his name from its list of endorsed candidates, and said he’d return the approximately $6,000 raised through its political action committee. The move…
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