Ranking the pollsters

Our friends at FiveThirtyEight have a cool piece looking at how different pollsters fared in the recent primaries.

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Dent sees hope in national trend

Congressman Charlie Dent’s (R-15) campaign is pointing to a national poll of competitive House districts as evidence that the incumbent is well-positioned to win reeelection this year.

The Dent campaign on Wednesday highlighted a poll commissioned by NPR, which found, among other things, Republican incumbents in battleground districts to be less vulnerable than Democratic incumbents in similar districts. The poll, conducted by Democratic firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and Republican firm Public Opinion Strategies, found…

After promising a bombshell, Meehan rehashes old Bonusgate info (Video)

HARRISBURG—Republican Pat Meehan on Wednesday sought to tie his Democratic opponent directly to the infamous legislative corruption probe known as Bonusgate, but provided little if any new information after his campaign had promised reporters fresh revelations that would question his opponent’s “fitness for higher office.”

During a late-morning news conference at the Capitol here, Meehan, a former U.S. Attorney who is running for Congress in the 7th District, pointed out that Ann Collis, a Democratic…

Toomey asks: ‘How well do you know Joe?’

Republican Pat Toomey’s campaign has come up with a quirky new tool in its crusade to paint Democrat Joe Sestak as an out-of-touch liberal: a quiz.

The Toomey campaign on Wednesday unveiled the “How well do you know Joe?” quiz, to which it will add questions over the next couple weeks.

One of the first questions asks takers to guess who said a Sestak win in the Democratic primary would be “cataclysmic” (answer: T.J. Rooney).…

Bryan Lentz Key Beneficiary of Bonusgate Scandal

By MEEHAN FOR CONGRESS

DREXEL HILL, PA – Former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan provided information today showing that his opponent, state legislator Bryan Lentz, was a key beneficiary of the Bonusgate scandal and one of his key campaign staffers received nearly $10,000 in taxpayer funded bonuses after working on Lentz’ 2006 campaign.

“From inside this capitol, a massive and illegal political operation was conducted on state time with taxpayer money,” said Meehan, who held a…

LEFTOVERS: No standing ovation from Barletta, Kanjorski owes DCCC dues

When Mexican President Felipe Calderon voiced his opposition to Arizona’s controversial immigration law during an address to Congress last month, he got a standing ovation. Republican Lou Barletta, known for his hard line against illegal immigration, would have stayed in his seat. The Hazleton mayor’s 11th District congressional campaign recently put out a Web video that asks “Did your congressman stand for the President of Mexico? Lou won’t. Lou will stand for you.” Check out…

Casey to headline Callahan fundraiser

BETHLEHEM—Pennsylvania’s senior senator is ready to go to bat for White House recruit John Callahan.

Senator Bob Casey will attend a fundraiser here Friday for Callahan, the Democratic nominee in the 15th Congressional District. Those looking for a chance gab with the Bethlehem mayor and Casey need to dole out at least $75 for admission to the event, which is being held at a private residence.

“The event will go a long way towards helping…

Lay off the private sector with public sector layoffs

Gov. Ed Rendell is threatening once again to lay off state government employees if the General Assembly refuses to go along with his spend-more, tax-more budget proposals. But should the public sector be immune to the downsizing occurring in the private sector across the Commonwealth?

From the beginning of the “Great Recession” in December 2007 through April 2010, Pennsylvania’s private sector has shed over 281,000 jobs—an employment drop of more than 5.5 percent. Yet during…

Carney, Dahlkemper sharing a Philly fundraiser

Two House Democrats from conservative districts far outside Philadelphia are coming to the City of Brotherly Love next week to give their campaigns a fundraising shot in the arm.

Congressman Chris Carney (D-10) and Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3) will be holding a joint fundraiser on Monday in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. The two are being hosted by liberal Democratic fundraisers Ken Weinstein and Marc Stier, and the event is being held at the…

The Sestak-as-crazy-campaigner meme returns

Less than a month after he knocked off the state’s greatest political heavyweight, it looks like Democrat Joe Sestak is once again being scrutinized for the fact that he runs with an unorthodox political organization.

During the run-up to the primary, we here at pa2010.com did as much as anyone to advance this storyline, Full Story