Time for the candidates to answer to you

Here at pa2010.com, we take pains to stay above the fray of the ideological debates that so often play out on our pages. But if there’s one thing we believe, it’s this: every candidate for public office should be obligated to answer your questions.

With that in mind, we’ve joined many news organizations in partnering with

New Meehan site targets Lentz as Pelosi ally

Republican Pat Meehan’s congressional campaign will unveil a new Web site Thursday arguing that Democratic opponent Bryan Lentz is a “rubber stamp” for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The Web site,

Specter peeved by Corbett ad

For the first time since he lost the May primary, Senator Arlen Specter is injecting himself directly into Pennsylvania electoral politics—but he’s not talking about the Senate race to succeed him.

Specter lashed out at Attorney General Tom Corbett Wednesday, responding to

No anxiety as Corbett & Toomey fit GOP to a tea

Pennsylvania did not need a Tea Party candidate to yank the GOP back to the right.

It had Pat Toomey.

The former Wall Street derivatives trader and restaurant owner compiled a 97 percent conservative rating during his three terms representing the Lehigh Valley in Congress. Toomey’s conservatism became a selling point to Republican Party officials after reading the tea party leaves in April 2009. Having driven Senator Arlen Specter from the shrinking GOP tent, what…

Marino camp wants some Palin love

Republican Tom Marino is hoping Sarah Palin will find the time to boost his congressional campaign.

Marino’s spokesman said the campaign is in talks with the former Alaska governor’s political action committee. Palin has made some waves this election cycle with a series of endorsements in Republican primaries. Marino already won his three-way primary, and faces Congressman Chris Carney (D-10) in November.

“We have had talks with Palin about coming to the area, but nothing…

NEPA station won’t yank anti-Kanjo ad

A TV station in northeast Pennsylvania has turned downed pemThe Times-Tribune/em a href="http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/wnep-won-t-pull-anti-kanjorski-ad-1.1014183" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://thetimes-tribune.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fthetimes-tribune.com%2Fnews%2Fwnep-won-t-pull-anti-kanjorski-ad-1.1014183','reports')" target="_blank"reports/a that emWNEP-TV/em, the region’s top-rated station, will continue to air a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcn-_njM_Dc&feature=player_embedded" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.youtube.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Ddcn-_njM_Dc%26amp%3Bfeature%3Dplayer_embedded','the+ad+from+the+conservative-leaning+60+Plus+Association')" target="_blank">the ad from the conservative-leaning 60 Plus Association. Attorneys for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had asked that the ad…

New Toomey ad keeps up health care attack

The latest TV ad from Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey continues his campaign’s dogged efforts at making sure Democrat Joe Sestak’s support for the recent health care overhaul comes back to bite him in November.

The 30-second spot, which the campaign unveiled Thursday and said would be airing on broadcast networks, features Maria DeMario, a family practice physician in Sestak’s district. DeMario criticizes the health care law, and says she couldn’t get a meeting with…

Tom Corbett Talks About His Plan To Revitalize Pennsylvania’s Economy at Bucks County Lumber Company

By TOM CORBETT FOR GOVERNOR

Quakertown – Republican Gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett spoke about the importance of turning around Pennsylvania’s economy and improving the jobs market as he toured Shelly’s Lumber Distribution Center in Quakertown. The recent economy has taken a toll on many of Pennsylvania’s businesses. It’s a fact that hasn’t been lost on Tom Corbett and it’s something he plans to change as governor.

“The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania is at 9.2 percent,…

AD WATCH: Trivedi keeps it simple

In introducing himself to voters in the 6th Congressional District, Democrat Manan Trivedi has used two TV ads to pThe political difficulty of achieving a congressional pay cut as a freshman aside, Trivedi’s commercials are filled mostly with the kind of boilerplate biographical information and ideological rhetoric that requires little fact-checking.…

Pat Meehan Shows True Colors by Opposing Job Creation Bill that Moderate Republicans in U.S. Senate Support

By LENTZ FOR CONGRESS

Springfield, PA – Today Representative Bryan Lentz, the Democratic nominee for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, praised moderate Senate Republicans in Washington, DC, for crossing Party lines to support legislation that will help small businesses create jobs. Lentz’s Republican opponent, Pat Meehan, sharply criticized the legislation late last month in local news reports1, signaling that he was more concerned with scoring political points than working to create legislation that aided…