LEFTOVERS: Another poll, fact-checking Crossroads, NRCC on Kelly

While we were reading through the details of pThe good folks at emReuters/em and the research shop Ipsos got together and also polled the race. Their survey found a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67U3PT20100831" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.reuters.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSTRE67U3PT20100831','Republican+Pat+Toomey+leading+Democrat+Joe+Sestak+by+10+points')" target="_blank"Republican Pat Toomey leading Democrat Joe Sestak by 10 points/a, 47 percent to 37 percent. That’s a lead four points larger than Rasmussen showed. Toomey’s edge is smaller among all registered voters at three points./p
pAnd the poll also showed Republican Tom Corbett still holding a comfortable 15-point lead over Democrat Dan Onorato in the race for governor, 49 percent to 34 percent./p
pMeanwhile, our friends at emFactCheck.org/em are a href="http://factcheck.org/2010/08/misdirection-from-crossroads-gps/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://factcheck.org']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Ffactcheck.org%2F2010%2F08%2Fmisdirection-from-crossroads-gps%2F','taking+a+conservative+group+to+task')" target="_blank">taking a conservative group to task for its new ad targeting Sestak. We already pointed out some factual missteps in

MARINO TO CARNEY: LET’S DEBATE!

By MARINO FOR CONGRESS

Lewisburg, PA –  Tom Marino has submitted a formal request to Chris Carney asking for nine one-hour debates.  As of today, Carney has only agreed to one.  In response to Carney’s unwillingness to publicly debate issues important to the 10th District, Tom Marino issued the following statement:

“I have always believed that the voters should hear where their candidates for public office stand on important issues.  Not surprisingly, Chris Carney has…

Rasmussen: Toomey up by 6

The Senate race in Pennsylvania has narrowed somewhat, but Republican nominee Pat Toomey still holds a six-point lead over Democrat Joe Sestak, according to a new poll.

pMuch of the public polling over the last few months has shown Toomey ahead by low double-digits or high single-digits, reflecting the rough political climate for Democrats nationally. But some polls have occasionally found the race to be a dead-heat, and the latest results came as Sestak is hoping to close whatever gap there is with a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/08/sestaks-first-ad-hits-toomey-on-corporate-taxes/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fsestaks-first-ad-hits-toomey-on-corporate-taxes%2F','a+soft+launch+to+his+TV+campaign')" target="_blank"a soft launch to his TV campaign/a./p
pa href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/08/two-polls-show-toomey-up-by-nine/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F08%2Ftwo-polls-show-toomey-up-by-nine%2F','Two+polls+earlier+this+month+showed+Toomey+leading+by+nine+points.')" target="_blank">Two polls earlier this month showed Toomey leading by nine points.

The latest survey of 750 likely voters, conducted Monday, had a margin of error of four percent.

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Callahan Unveils Plan to Spur Job Creation and Repair the Economy

By CALLAHAN FOR CONGRESS

BETHLEHEM, PA. – Today Congressional challenger and Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan laid out his Five-Point Plan to spur job creation and repair the economic damage caused by years of failed policies supported by Congressman Charlie Dent.

The pillars of Callahan’s jobs plan – reducing debt, helping small businesses, closing corporate loopholes, and improving education – make it clear that working and middle class families in the Lehigh Valley will be his…

What enthusiasm gap?

It seems that every story nowadays is a political obituary for Democrats at the hands of a revitalized Republican Party. Given recent polling, the intensity of the Tea Party movement and the historical trend of the president’s party losing seats in midterm election years, it’s understandable for Democrats to be anxious.

However, I saw none of this anxiety Monday when Senator Bob Casey joined 6th District congressional candidate Manan Trivedi in Ardmore.

I think I…

New Corbett ad touts no-tax pledge

A new TV ad from Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett talks up the attorney general’s pledge not to raise taxes—and waves off the bipartisan skepticism that he can keep the pledge.

The ad, unveiled by Corbett’s campaign in an e-mail to supporters Tuesday morning, is his first new TV spot since he cruised to his party’s nomination in the May primary. The size of the first ad buy was not immediately clear, but Corbett started…

The PLCB and the next guv

Many Philadelphians have been developing a hate-hate relationship with a variety of government agencies over a long period of time. Some of these, for example, are the Delaware River Port Authority, Philadelphia Housing Authority and the School Reform Commission—or as some friends of mine over at Philadelphia Speaks coined it, The Axis of Arrogant Incompetence. All these agencies have been in the news a lot recently, and not for their redeeming qualities.

But there’s another…

Sestak’s first ad hits Toomey on corporate taxes

Breaking his TV silence more than three months after a wildly successful primary advertising blitz, Democrat Senate candidate Joe Sestak is up with his campaign’s first commercial of the general election cycle.

The 30-second spot, coming just over two months before Election Day, strikes a stridently populist tone, juxtaposing Republican nominee Pat Toomey’s previous statements about corporate taxes with news clips about falling tax payments by corporations. The ad uses a 2007 CNBC appearance by…

Trivedi and Senator Casey Fire Up Lower Merion Supporters

By TRIVEDI FOR CONGRESS

With momentum building behind his campaign and fall right around the corner, Manan Trivedi, Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s 6th District, was joined tonight by Senator Bob Casey to open the Trivedi for Congress office in Lower Merion. Trivedi and Senator Casey fired up the over 80 volunteers, supporters, and local elected leaders who had gathered to kick off the fall campaign push to election day.

After being introduced by the co-chairs…

Holden: Higher Taxes or Cuts to Social Security

By ARGALL FOR CONGRESS

POTTSVILLE – Dave Argall, Republican nominee for Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District, questioned Congressman Holden’s views on Social Security.
In an interview with the Reading Eagle on Friday, August 27th, Congressman Holden stated, “…payroll deduction rates will have to rise or benefits will have to decrease to keep the [Social Security] fund solvent in the future.”
“With tax dollars being thrown away in Washington, Congressman Holden is in favor of…