Working Men and Women stand with John Callahan for Congress

By CALLAHAN FOR CONGRESS

BETHLEHEM, PA. – Today Mayor John Callahan unveiled 31 endorsements from labor organizations in his campaign for Congress. These unions represent a grassroots network of thousands of working men and women in the Lehigh Valley who will volunteer and play an instrumental role in delivering Mayor Callahan’s message to voters.

“I’m proud to have the endorsement of the working men and women of the Lehigh Valley,” said Mayor John Callahan. “Congressman…

Two polls show Toomey up by nine

Republican Pat Toomey continues to enjoy a nine-point lead in the competitive Senate race against Democrat Joe Sestak, according to two new polls released Tuesday.

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Meehan press aide returns for home stretch

The press secretary who worked on Republican Pat Meehan’s exploratory gubernatorial campaign last year has returned to handle media for the duration of the former U.S. Attorney’s congressional bid.

Virginia Davis, who is also an aide to former Senator Rick Santorum as he mulls a run for president, will be the campaign’s day-to-day spokesperson for the next two-and-a-half months. Davis worked on Santorum’s 2006 campaign, and took maternity leave from Meehan’s campaign shortly after he…

Mayor Bloomberg: Joe is Independent Choice for U.S. Senate

By SESTAK FOR SENATE

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Before a crowd of supporters at Progress Plaza in Philadelphia today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a renowned business leader and registered Independent, announced his strong support for U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak.

“We cannot afford to lose Joe’s leadership,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “That’s why I have come here this morning to urge Pennsylvania voters to cast their votes for Joe this November. A vote for Joe…

Bloomberg says Sestak ‘has what it takes’

PHILADELPHIA—New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorsed Democrat Joe Sestak for Senate here Tuesday, calling the second-term congressman and former Navy Admiral a pragmatic leader who “has what it takes to represent the best interests of the people of this state.”

Bloomberg’s endorsement, during a morning news conference outside a revitalized shopping center about two miles north of City Hall, came as the self-styled independent is traversing the country to

‘ROBOCALLS’ COMPLAINT RAISES ISSUE OF POLITICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT MIX. AGAIN

By ONORATO FOR GOVERNOR

PITTSBURGH: Given Harrisburg Republican Tom Corbett’s history of politicizing his office, yesterday’s request by a reform activist for an investigation into taxpayer-funded robocalls might put the Attorney General in a tough position.

The complaint, filed by activist Gene Stilp, asks Attorney General Corbett to look into whether it is appropriate for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to use public funds to make robocalls on behalf of legislators – a practice that…

NRCC’s first ad buy includes three Pa. races

The National Republican Congressional Committee’s first round of TV airtime reservations is targeting Pennsylvania’s open Hose seat and two of the state’s most vulnerable Democratic incumbents.

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Dems spotlight Toomey’s support for risky derivatives

After getting push-back from fact-checkers over their pDemocrats were circulating a href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/clip.php?appid=596516272" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.c-spanvideo.org']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.c-spanvideo.org%2FvideoLibrary%2Fclip.php%3Fappid%3D596516272','a+video+of+the+floor+speech')" target="_blank"a video of the floor speech/a Monday, embedded at bottom, as they…

Onorato’s illusion of school choice

A lot of school choice advocates are skeptical of Onorato’s stance and rightly so. As we have seen with Anthony Williams’ campaign, there is a lot of money and support behind the school choice movement. On the other hand, Onorato can’t jeopardize alienating the teachers’ unions, which are solidly against school choice. Some of his supporters may say it is an issue of compromise, but it is more likely an issue of trying to have one’s cake and eat it too, while trying to chase down Williams’ multi-million dollar school-choice donors.

GOP pollsters see challengers leading in four Pa. races

Republican pollsters looking at four competitive House districts in Pennsylvania say the GOP challengers in those races are holding leads over Democratic incumbents—and sometimes big leads that come in spite of low name recognition for the Republicans.

Whit Ayres’ polling firm conducted the surveys on behalf of American Action Forum—part of the conservative group American Action Network led by former Senator Norm Coleman, among others. The results were first