Callahan’s party boss thinks middle class should pay more – where does he stand?

By DENT FOR CONGRESS

As Americans still cope with nearly 10 percent unemployment and a stalled economy, Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is telling the American middle class to expect a tax increase. In the Fifteenth District, people should know whether Democratic Congressional Candidate John Callahan agrees.

Hoyer said that tax relief for middle-class Americans and small businesses put in place this past decade – scheduled to expire at the end of this year —…

Callahan diverting fundraiser proceeds to Gulf aid

Democrat John Callahan has decided that a “Run for Congress” fundraiser will benefit victims of the intractable BP oil spill instead of his congressional campaign.

In an e-mail to supporters Wednesday, Callahan, the Bethlehem mayor and 15th District candidate, said the July 1 fundraiser will go off as scheduled.

“After giving some thought to why I’m running for Congress, I’ve decided to donate these funds to help the families of the Gulf Coast who have…

OFA e-mails for Sestak

After going pedal to the metal for his Senate primary opponent, Organizing for America is embracing Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7).

President Obama’s grassroots arm of the Democratic National Committee utilized its massive e-mail list for the first time on Sestak’s behalf Wednesday. “In the fall election, voters will face a decision between a Democrat who represents a progressive vision for the future of Pennsylvania, and a Republican who made his fortune trading the derivatives that…

LEFTOVERS: More debate stuff, Kelly’s team moves forward, Barletta’s number

Democrat Dan Onorato on Wednesday continued his drive to debate gubernatorial rival Tom Corbett a zillion times, holding yet another conference call with reporters and announcing a slate of civic groups that he’s hoping will organize these little shin-digs. “We owe the citizens of Pennsylvania the opportunity to hear us directly address the issues that are important to them,” Onorato said. “The next Governor will have to turn around the economy, make the state live…

Poll: Corbett up 10 in guv race

Tom Corbett still enjoys a double-digit lead in the race for governor, according to a new poll.

The Public Policy Polling survey released Wednesday showed Corbett, the Republican nominee and state attorney general, leading Democrat Dan Onorato by 10 points, 45 percent to 35 percent. That’s a slightly smaller lead than Corbett enjoyed in February, when the same poll found Onorato, the Allegheny County executive, trailing by 13 points.

Twenty percent of voters are undecided,…

CORBETT AND BARBOUR: BROTHERS IN BIG TOBACCO, SOUL MATES OF SPECIAL INTERESTS

By ONORATO FOR GOVERNOR

PHILADELPHIA – Today, Haley Barbour will be a featured guest at a Philadelphia fundraiser for Tom Corbett’s campaign – an unsurprising fact, given how much they have in common.  Both men are political insiders who defend big special interests.  And, both men were powerful players in the conservative effort to protect tobacco companies.

As the New York Times explained in a June 19, 2010 article, “Mr. Barbour exudes a throwback vibe…

Group wants Corbett to return cash from company with BP ties

An environmental group is calling on Republican Tom Corbett to return campaign cash he received from an energy company that is drilling in the Marcellus Shale because it also has an ownership stake in the BP well spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico.

The Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania called on Corbett, the state Attorney General and Republican candidate for governor, to return $3,000 he received from the company’s political action committee last month, three…

Pat Meehan: Learning from the Candidate He Pushed Out?

By LENTZ FOR CONGRESS

Media – Pat Meehan today visited the University City Science Center in Philadelphia to, as reported by PA2010.com, “soak up some advice about how the federal government can best foster an atmosphere that will lead to business development and job creation”— certainly an important topic in the midst of a global recession.  Among the people helping educate Meehan was Steve Welch, the candidate Meehan forced out of the race for the…

Meehan policy picks, the lightning round

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Fitzpatrick and Murphy duel over support for veterans

BRISTOL—An hour apart and on opposite sides of Bucks County, Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8) and Republican Mike Fitzpatrick sparred Tuesday over just who is the more staunch supporter of military veterans.

During competing news conferences here and in Doylestown, both candidates in the 8th Congressional District painted themselves as a friend to vets. After Murphy’s campaign scheduled a 1 p.m. presser, Fitzpatrick’s campaign got the first word by setting up a last-minute event an hour…