Sestak: Toomey ‘out of touch with the mainstream’

Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak argued Monday that GOP opponent Pat Toomey is out of step with Americans on a host of economic and social issues.

Appearing on Fox29, Sestak faulted Toomey’s support for tax cuts for the wealthy and his opposition to legislation restricting assault weapons and to legislation expanding hate crimes protections.

“He’s out of touch with the mainstream of America,” Sestak said.

With President Obama set to headline a fundraiser for Sestak…

It’s Official: Pat Meehan’s Campaign is AWOL

By LENTZ FOR CONGRESS

Springfield, PA – Bryan Lentz will continue to campaign openly and in public throughout the campaign. Will Pat Meehan? Keep an eye on the new ticker “Why is Pat Meehan Hiding” on www.VoteLentz.com to find out.
For months, Pat Meehan’s campaign has been in virtual hiding from the public. As the new ticker documents, Meehan has made only 17 public appearances since the May primary. That’s just one quarter of…

NRCC polls four Pa. districts

Republicans recently spent more than $75,000 for snapshots of the political climates in four Keystone State House districts.

The National Republican Congressional Committee commissioned polls in the 3rd, 7th, 8th and 11th Districts—

Toomey: ‘I believe in American exceptionalism’

Lest there be any confusion, Pat Toomey believes in American exceptionalism.

The Republican Senate candidate,

Labor’s mailers target Toomey, House hopefuls

The next round of organized labor’s big direct-mail campaign is zeroing in on Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey and five GOP House candidates.

The AFL-CIO mailers, obtained by pa2010.com ahead of their formal release Monday morning, are part of pThe direct-mailers, part of a campaign that includes more than 2 million mail pieces that will hit homes across the country, hew to the familiar Democratic attack lines this cycle. The mailer targeting Toomey says he “profited while working families struggled.” The pieces targeting 8th District Republican Mike Fitzpatrick and 10th District Republican Tom Marino depict an elderly union couple saying: “We worked hard. We did everything we were supposed to do. Now Mike Fitzpatrick wants to change the rules.”/p
pOther mailers targeting Mike Kelly in the 3rd District, Pat Toomey in the 7th District and Tim Burns in the 12th District accuse the GOP nominees of pledging to protect tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. The attack refers to the Americans for Tax Reform pledge that a plethora of candidates have signed. It doesn’t actually pledge those candidates to protect such tax breaks as a rule, but the conservative group has said that some measures which would end the tax breaks would also violate the pledge./p
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Dent up 11 points in new poll

Congressman Charlie Dent (R-15) is entering the height of campaign season with a plurality of support and a dwindling number of Lehigh Valley voters who are still undecided as to whether he deserves a fourth term, according to a new poll.

The Morning Call/Muhlenberg College survey published over the weekend found Dent garnering 49 percent of the vote in the 15th District, compared to 38 percent for Democratic challenger John Callahan. Independent candidate Jake Towne…

Poll shows Corbett, Toomey with smaller leads

The Republican Party’s statewide candidates are carrying only modest advantages into the homestretch before Election Day, according to a new poll.

The Times Leader survey published Sunday found GOP gubernatorial nominee Tom Corbett leading Democrat Dan Onorato by just one point, 38 percent to 37 percent. A full quarter of likely voters are still undecided, according to the poll. And the same survey showed Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey edging Democrat Joe Sestak by four…

Sestak ad: ‘Serving our country vs. serving Wall Street’

A new TV ad from Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak seeks to paint a simple choice for voters—service to country vs. service to Wall Street.

The 30-second spot continues what has long since becomes a familiar argument for Democrats: that Republican Pat Toomey is beholden to the financial sector, having worked for it in the 1980s, supported deregulation in Congress and run the conservative Club for Growth which was founded by industry interests.

The ad…

NRCC’s first ads target most competitive races

The Republican Party’s first slate of general election TV ads in Pennsylvania is coming to homes in the state’s four most competitive House districts.

The National Republican Congressional Committee on Saturday unveiled spots targeting Congressmen Patrick Murphy (D-8) and Paul Kanjorski, Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper, and 7th District candidate Bryan Lentz. In the cases of Dahlkemper and Lentz, the NRCC is taking to the airwaves before its candidates.

The ad against Lentz says the two-term state…

LEFTOVERS: Obama endorsements, a new tack on Toomey, Carney news galore

In reporting on p“And with so much still left to be done, and too many families struggling to get by, we need to keep America moving forward—which means I need you to support Manan Trivedi for Congress,” Obama wrote about the 6th District candidate…