Report: NRCC could spend more than $500K on Marino

With Republican Tom Marino struggling to raise money, it looks like he’ll be getting some significant help from his friends in Washington.

The National Republican Congressional Committee might spend $595,000 in the 10th District for TV buys running through October.

Nothing has hit the airwaves yet. But the spending decisions,

Boehner headlining state GOP dinner

House Minority Leader John Boehner is coming back to Pennsylvania next week and will be the keynote speaker at the state Republican Party’s fall dinner in Harrisburg.

Boehner’s visit nest Friday comes after he made a summer fundraising swing through the state to benefit congressional candidates.

The would-be Speaker of the House if the GOP makes enough gains in November, Boehner’s continued attention to Pennsylvania reflects the state’s role as a battleground in the fight…

LEFTOVERS: Sestak’s hit site, an Onorato video, Callahan raises cash with mayors

Election Day is nearing, and the campaign hit sites are proliferating.

The latest comes from Democrat Joe Sestak’s Senate campaign, which on Monday unveiled Full Story

Obama touts Lentz in the 7th

President Obama threw his weight behind Democrat Bryan Lentz’s congressional campaign Thursday, giving Lentz his highest-profile supporter to date.

While Obama’s support for Democratic hopefuls is generally assumed, it’s more rare for him to issue individual endorsements to House candidates. Lentz was one of the first elected officials in Pennsylvania to back Obama’s bid for the White House.

“With so much still left to be done, and too many families struggling to get by, we…

Club for Growth: Sestak’s Navy service great, but…

A new TV ad from the conservative Club for Growth takes a moment to acknowledge and laud Democrat Joe Sestak’s 31-year service in the Navy, before quickly pivoting to argue that “his service in Congress is the problem.”

The 30-second spot is the second run against Sestak by the conservative group, which was founded by financial industry interests and until early last year was headed by Sestak’s Republican opponent, Pat Toomey. The Club for Growth…

AD WATCH: Kanjo’s Social Security stretch

Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) used pThere are certainly legitimate arguments to be made that GOP plans for Social Security aren’t the right way to go. But in making his attack on Barletta, Kanjorski is taking a route…

Charlie Dent’s Jobs Plan?

By CALLAHAN FOR CONGRESS

BETHLEHEM, PA. – Congressman Charlie Dent doesn’t have a jobs plan, so he’s decided to focus on endorsing a $700 billion tax break for the super rich[1] and attacking Callahan’s jobs plan. While almost all of Dent’s attacks were false or misleading, one was so hypocritical even other Washington politicians must have been blushing.

Specifically Dent claimed that:

“Callahan endorsed the “1099 provision” of the health care law that the National…

Rasmussen: Corbett up 10 points

Republican Tom Corbett continues to hold a healthy edge in the race to be Pennsylvania’s next governor, according to a new poll.

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Rendell: Some want me to ‘lose all my weight and go away’

Much ink has been spilled about the many, many pounds that Gov. Ed Rendell has shed over the last year. But the lame-duck governor says that might not be enough for his critics.

“Actually, there are some people in Pennsylvania who would like me to lose all my weight and go away,” Rendell joked while appearing Thursday morning on MSNBC as part of a program to encourage healthy lifestyles.

“But they get their wish in…

Onorato’s new ad: How to pronounce my name

The latest TV ad from gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato features the Democrat lamenting the state of politics in Harrisburg—and telling voters how to pronounce his name.

The new 30-second spot, which the campaign planned to formally unveil later on Thursday, was airing during the morning news cycle Thursday in Philadelphia. It is Onorato’s second TV ad of the general election cycle.

“Are you as angry as I am with these people in Harrisburg?” Onorato asks,…