Four debates in the 8th

Their rematch looming, the candidates in the 8th Congressional District will debate at least four times in the coming months before Election Day.

Democratic incumbent Patrick Murphy and Republican Mike Fitzpatrick are still putting the finishing touches on the campaign debate schedule. But four events are already scheduled for October. And in September, the candidates will host a Q&A-style forum with newsman Larry Kane.

The first debate scheduled is set to take place Oct. 3,…

Altmire ‘offended’ by Ground Zero mosque

Count Congressman Jason Altmire (D-4) among the politicians who doesn’t think a mosque should be built two blocks away from where the Twin Towers once stood.

Altmire said over the weekend that he is “offended” by the idea of building the mosque and Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero, where the worst of the Sept. 11, 200 terrorist attacks occurred. Acknowledging the project’s backers have a legal and constitutional freedom to do so, Altmire said…

A Toomey-Sestak call-and-response game

There was some video back-and-forth in the competitive Senate race over the weekend, when Republican Pat Toomey delivered his party’s response to President Obama’s weekly address—which was promptly followed by a response to the response from Democrat Joe Sestak’s campaign.

Toomey started off by saying he is “deeply concerned about the direction we’re heading,” which he said is “being driven by extreme policies that are coming from one-party domination of government in Washington.”

“And this…

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LEFTOVERS: FactCheck hits Toomey, Corbett’s tour, Boehner for Barletta, more

Not too long after we took Democrats to task for their latest ad hitting Republican Pat Toomey, pThe ultimate referees issued some similar findings to what we said when we first a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/08/new-toomey-ad-says-washington-is-failing/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fnew-toomey-ad-says-washington-is-failing%2F','reported+on+Toomey%22s+ad+earlier+this+week')" target="_blank"reported on Toomey’s ad earlier this week/a, though we’ll give them credit for blowing the whistle louder and more effectively. The crux of it: Toomey is…

Dean headlining fundraiser for Lentz, Trivedi

The Democratic Party’s liberal conscience is coming to southeast Pennsylvania next month to raise some campaign cash for Bryan Lentz and Manan Trivedi.

Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor, Democratic National Committee chairman and presidential candidate, will be in suburban Philadelphia on Sept. 22 for a joint fundraiser benefiting the two congressional candidates. The evening event is set to be held at state Senator Daylin Leach’s home in Wayne.

Trivedi is running in the 6th…

A Bonusgate doc, and a 7th District self-appraisal

Loyal readers will surely remember our coverage of pWe got some flak at the time, not surprisingly so. But we made one important promise: The Meehan campaign referenced a court document as evidence to back up its claims that Lentz…

Bykofsky’s night

Here’s a belated shout-out to Stu Bykofsky, the Daily News columnist and the man who gave us all

Dem ad against Toomey repeats debunked derivatives attack

Democrats are once again going after Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey, trying to blame his role as a derivatives trader for the financial crisis. But in doing so, the party is relying on an attack that has already been thoroughly discredited.

A new ad from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, embedded at bottom, says Toomey “helped pioneer the use of derivatives” that “wound up nearly destroying our economy.” Toomey was indeed a derivatives trader in…

Anti-abortion bus tour hits Dahlkemper (Updated)

Unhappy with Kathy Dahlkemper over abortion? Get on the bus.

That’s what members of the anti-abortion group Susan B. Antony List are telling voters across the 3rd Congressional District in preparation for their so-called “The Votes Have Consequences” bus tour, a literally rolling event scheduled to hit Erie, Meadville, Grove City and Butler throughout the morning on Monday.

As a pro-life Democrat who played a key role in shaping the abortion compromises in the recently-enacted…