AD WATCH: Carney’s clean hit

Congressman Chris Carney (D-10) used a recent TV ad to pThe 30-second spot is nothing if not harsh. But after carefully reviewing the facts, we find it to be worthy of our highest score, strongSQUEAKY CLEAN/strong. It is the first ad to be awarded this score./p
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Even Pat Toomey thinks Dent’s vote for Wall Street bailout was Washington being “too liberal with our money”

By CALLAHAN FOR CONGRESS

BETHLEHEM, PA. – In a recent television commercial, Congressman Pat Toomey said that Congressman Sestak was being “too liberal with our money” when he voted for the Wall Street bailout. In last Monday’s debate, Congressman Dent tried very hard to defend the Wall Street bailout, but his close political ally and Wall Street expert Pat Toomey is now saying that “Wall St is the last place that should ever get a…

Poll: Toomey up 9, undecideds up for grabs

Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey is still enjoying a nine-point lead just six weeks before Election Day, according to a new poll.

The Municipoll survey released Monday showed Toomey winning 45 percent of the vote, compared to 36 percent for Democrat Joe Sestak. Almost a fifth of voters remain undecided, and in a finding that could be good news for Sestak, more of those voters are Democrats and independents than are Republicans.

The results are…

Tom Marino contradicts himself again, questions grow

By CARNEY FOR CONGRESS

CLARKS SUMMIT — Tom Marino has contradicted himself repeatedly over the course of the last several months, with the trail of lies coming to a head on Friday and over the weekend after an Associated Press story was picked up all over the country. The story reported that Marino, while a U.S. attorney, never got permission to act as a reference for a felon who was under investigation by Marino’s office.…

A Marino clarification

In catching up on some research, we noticed a subtle but important mistake we made that requires clarification. As per the usual reminder, you can see all our corrections and clarifications by clicking on p•At least two articles in September (a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/09/the-press-room-a-radio-host-wont-let-marino-escape-denaples/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fthe-press-room-a-radio-host-wont-let-marino-escape-denaples%2F','here')" target="_blank"here/a and a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/09/marino-says-he-cant-release-doj-letter-as-report-indicates-it-doesnt-exist/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fmarino-says-he-cant-release-doj-letter-as-report-indicates-it-doesnt-exist%2F','here')" target="_blank">here) implied incorrectly that Republican Tom Marino said during an April radio interview that he would released a…

Congressman Toomey Fights for More Tax Breaks for the Ultra-Rich at the Expense of Middle Class Pennsylvanians

By SESTAK FOR SENATE

Today, Congressman Toomey is continuing to intentionally mislead voters in attacks on Joe’s record to disguise his own proposals to extend tax-cuts for the very wealthy at the expense of the middle class while adding $1.2 trillion to the deficit. His efforts to extend lavish benefits don’t just stop at the wealthy. He also wants to completely eliminate all corporate taxes.

According to PolitiFact, which examined Toomey’s estate tax attack, Congressman…

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AD WATCH: Lentz fibs on pay raise, tax cuts

The first two TV ads from Democrat Bryan Lentz seem like standard political fare:

ONORATO, D.A. SETH WILLIAMS CALL ON TOM CORBETT TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC

By ONORATO FOR GOVERNOR

PHILADELPHIA: Following a Philadelphia shooting allegedly committed by a man whose Pennsylvania permit to carry a concealed weapon had been revoked, Democratic gubernatorial nominee Dan Onorato and Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams again called on Tom Corbett to close the loophole that allowed the suspect to legally carry a concealed firearm using a permit granted by the Florida Department of Agriculture.

“We should never outsource our law enforcement responsibilities,” said Onorato.…

Pronunciation lessons with Dan Onorato

How do you know when your campaign is in trouble?  If you’re Democrat Dan Onorato, I think that moment occurs when you are forced to put out pCertainly not a great sign for any statewide campaign, let alone one for governor, just 46 days before Election Day./p
pAnd as if that wasn’t bad enough, imagine that the voice-over talent…