Archive for August, 2010
A guy from Butler in an Erie battleground
In seeking to represent the 3rd Congressional District, Republican Mike Kelly has a host of political advantages. The anti-incumbent, anti-Democratic environment may be especially harsh in the conservative-leaning northwest Pennsylvania district. Incumbent Kathy Dahlkemper is, at least on paper, one of the most vulnerable Democrats in Congress. And her role in shaping abortion compromises in the new health care law has made the district a battleground for outside advocacy groups.
But there’s one, much more…
Full StoryDem chair to Toomey: Stop ‘tap-dancing’ about your Wall Street values
The metaphors were mixed but the message was clear: Pennsylvania Democratic Party chairman Jim Burn wants to tear down the image of Pat Toomey as a candidate for all Pennsylvanians.
In a conference call with reporters Thursday, Burn emerged from a post-primary reorganization of the state party leadership to take aim at Toomey, the former Lehigh Valley congressman and former Wall Street derivatives trader. Burn accused Toomey of channeling citizen anxiety about the economy onto…
Full StoryLingenfelter’s off the ballot in the 8th
Tom Lingenfelter’s latest campaign to represent the 8th Congressional District has ended before it really even began.
Lingenfelter, who was running as an independent, called it quits Thursday in the face of a ballot challenge. Lawyers involved in the case said his withdrawal came after a marathon, all-day court hearing in Harrisburg.
“It was very close, but the progression of numbers didn’t go our way,” said Larry Otter, Lingenfelter’s lawyer. Otter said an early-morning ruling…
Full StoryLEFTOVERS: A Senate poll, Onorato’s cash, small biz for Fitz, CQ on Dent
The public polls say pA Democratic operative somewhere must have been peeved by all the coverage these polls get, because a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/08/19/4929082-first-thoughts-cruel-summer" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Ffirstread.msnbc.msn.com%2F_news%2F2010%2F08%2F19%2F4929082-first-thoughts-cruel-summer','MSNBC+got+its+hands+on+an+internal+poll')" target="_blank"emMSNBC/em got its hands on an internal poll/a. The results? Toomey’s leading Joe Sestak by two points, 46 percent to 44 percent. We weren’t able to get our hands on…
Full StorySmall Businesses Rally Behind Fitzpatrick
By FITZPATRICK FOR CONGRESS
DOYLESTOWN, PA – Looking for a new direction in Washington, the National Federation of Independent Businesses endorsed Mike Fitzpatrick at Penn Color, a small business based in Bucks County and longtime NFIB member. Fitzpatrick was joined by NFIB Pennsylvania Chairman Lucien Calhoun, Penn Color President Kevin Putman and other small business leaders.
“Mike Fitzpatrick understands the needs of small businesses and manufacturers here in Pennsylvania. The massive borrowing and spending by…
Full StoryTrade group hits Onorato on union labor
A builders’ trade group in western Pennsylvania is running a radio ad against Democrat Dan Onorato, accusing the gubernatorial candidate and Allegheny County executive of helping union “special interests” by requiring that most of a new community college science center be built by unionized workers.
The Tribune-Review first
Full StoryLibertarian candidates off the ballot
The Libertarian Party’s slate of statewide candidates has officially been sent packing.
The party’s candidates for senate, governor and lieutenant governor all ended their bids to stay on the ballot Wednesday, succumbing to another candidate for governor, the latest exits mean there will be…
Full StoryLingenfelter hires prominent attorney for ballot challenge
When Tom Lingenfelter goes to Harrisburg Thursday to defend his right to be on the 8th Congressional District ballot, he’ll have the help of veteran election lawyer Larry Otter.
Otter, a Bucks County attorney who has been involved in a plethora of ballot cases, is representing Lingenfelter.
“I know we should win,” Linenfelter told pa2010.com. “If the law is based on fairness and logic, we should win.”
Otter declined to comment on the case in…
Full StoryLEFTOVERS: More Toomey stuff, Cook on the 8th & 10th, vets for Gerlach
You know that enduring image of a room full of monkeys on typewriters? Well, somewhere in Washington, the Democratic Party must have a roomful of monkeys looking back at every word Pat Toomey ever said as a congressman.
OK, not that research interns are monkeys. But the party is obviously working hard on this, because it keeps dredging up old videos of the Republican Senate nominee talking about derivatives. We already reported on Full Story
