ANALYSIS: As Onorato hammers away, two PR strategies emerge, and GOP frets

Over a seven-day stretch this month, Democrat Dan Onorato held events in six cities, criticizing gubernatorial rival Tom Corbett at every stop for his an online petition. In each city he visited, Onorato picked up earned media—campaign parlance for when the press covers a candidate’s…

Former Erie GOP chair heading up Kelly’s press shop

The former head of the Erie County Republican Party has been hired as press secretary for Mike Kelly’s 3rd District congressional campaign.

Brad Moore, who stepped away from his party leadership role earlier this year, will run the campaign’s press shop from his new company, The Northern Shore Group. His hire comes as the Kelly campaign is looking to make significant inroads into the Erie area, traditionally the northwest Pennsylvania district’s Democratic stronghold.

Moore was…

Kelly Campaign Contracts Moore as Press Secretary

By MIKE KELLY FOR CONGRESS

Butler, PA – Josh Snyder, Campaign Manager for Mike Kelly (R-Butler), announced this morning that the campaign has hired former Erie GOP Chairman, Brad Moore, to serve as the campaign’s Press Secretary.  Moore will serve the campaign in a consulting capacity and will be the primary press contact for local, regional and national media outlets.

“We are thrilled to have Brad join the Kelly campaign,” commented Snyder.  “His extensive knowledge…

Trivedi Mingles at Far-Left Convention Today

By GERLACH FOR CONGRESS

(Glenmoore, PA) – Today, left-wing candidate Manan Trivedi is out in Las Vegas building his liberal credentials by schmoozing the Netroots Nation, a collection of basement bloggers who represent the fringe of the Democratic Party. Trivedi, who hasn’t lived in Pennsylvania throughout Jim Gerlach’s tenure in Congress, continues to seek advice from liberals everywhere but Pennsylvania.

Trivedi lived in California and Washington, DC for eight years before moving to Pennsylvania to…

Holden Supporting Taxpayer Dollars to Failing Companies…again

By ARGALL FOR CONGRESS

POTTSVILLE – By now it should be painfully obvious to all Americans that the Democratic Congress will stop at nothing to push through its agenda.  Yesterday, President Obama signed into law the financial reform bill after a series of votes to bail out failed corporations with taxpayer money.  Tim Holden and Nancy Pelosi have passed yet another bill that will dramatically alter the nature and practices of our financial system.

This…

Rethinking that ‘Dems-stretched-thin’ story

A few weeks back we reported that pThen a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/07/marino-low-on-cash-only-11k-on-hand/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fmarino-low-on-cash-only-11k-on-hand%2F','Tom+Marino+laid+a+fundraising+egg')" target="_blank"Tom Marino laid a fundraising egg/a in the 10th District. a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/07/argall-trails-big-in-the-money-race/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fargall-trails-big-in-the-money-race%2F','Dave+Argall+didn%22t+do+much+better')" target="_blank">Dave Argall didn’t do much better in the 17th. Full Story

Meehan, Miccarelli disappointed with “Stolen Valor” ruling

By MEEHAN FOR CONGRESS

DREXEL HILL, PA – Pat Meehan, the Republican candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 7th District, today joined with State Representative Nick Miccarelli and local veterans in expressing their disappointment with a federal judge’s ruling that found the Stolen Valor Act unconstitutional.  As U.S. Attorney, Meehan oversaw the prosecution of a number of individuals under the act for falsely wearing and claiming to have received military medals and decorations they did not…

Murphy Bill to Cut Spending is Law of the Land

By CONGRESSMAN PATRICK MURPHY (D-8)

(Washington, D.C.) – Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick Murphy’s (D-8th District) legislation to cut government spending became the law of the land Thursday morning. Having introduced the bill back in 2007, the Congressman was on hand at the White House as President Obama signed his bipartisan bill, the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (S. 1508). The bill enacts stricter standards among federal agencies to identify improper payments and recover taxpayer dollars…

Dent wants debates to be 1-on-1, without Towne

Jake Towne says he’s collected enough signatures to gain ballot access in the 15th Congressional District as an independent. But incumbent Republican Charlie Dent’s campaign sees the race as a two-man contest, and doesn’t want Towne muddying the political waters by participating in the coming campaign debates.

Dent campaign manager Shawn Millan told pa2010.com that the campaign would prefer Towne be kept out of the debates, so that voters can focus on the contrast between…

Congressman Toomey: Politics as Usual, the Old Way of Washington, DC

By SESTAK FOR SENATE

MEDIA, PA – Since the May primary, Congressman Toomey has spent nearly $1.4 million (over $900,000 in July alone) primarily on negative, misleading ads, and his outside special interest friends have spent nearly $200,000, as they engage in a negative, deceptive campaign. This is too bad following Congressman Toomey’s previous commitment to run a positive campaign against Admiral Joe Sestak based on ideas, the issues and the facts.

“I believe voters…