LEFTOVERS: A guv debate, more Senate ads, a Callahan spot, cops for Fitz

Looks like we’ll actually be getting two more gubernatorial debates before Election Day.

One more has been added to the schedule, and this one is set to go down Oct. 18. It’ll be aired on the local ABC affiliate in Philadelphia, giving Republican Tom Corbett and Democrat Dan Onorato what could potentially be their biggest debate audience of the campaign.

That debate will come just two days after the candidates have their second debate, a…

EXCLUSIVE: New Sestak ad plays the Santorum, Palin cards

Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak is up with a new TV ad that seeks to remind voters of Republican rival Pat Toomey’s affinity for Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin.

The 30-second spot, which was not released by the campaign but was airing Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in the Philadelphia media market, refers to Toomey as “Pennsylvania’s most right-wing congressman”—a reference to an American Conservative Union rating that has put him to the right of…

Kelly up 13 points in new poll

Republican Mike Kelly has opened up a 13-point lead in his bid to unseat Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3), according to a new poll.

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GOPers back Murphy’s reelection bid

Two Bucks County Republicans have endorsed Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8), giving the embattled Democrat some badly-needed bipartisan cred as he faces a potentially perilous rematch against former Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick.

Former Riegelsville Borough Mayor Tood Myers and current Nockamixon Township Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Nancy Janyszeski both threw their support behind Murphy in statements Wednesday. Their endorsements came as most polls show Fitzpatrick holding a lead against Murphy, who unseated him after one term in…

Corbett sent Perzel a fundraising pitch

In his day job, Attorney General Tom Corbett has charged state Representative John Perzel (R-Philadelphia) as part of his long-running Bonsugate corruption probe. But as the GOP nominee for governor, Corbett also found time to hit up Perzel for some campaign cash.

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Muhlenberg: Corbett up 11, Toomey up 7

Republicans continue to hold healthy leads in Pennsylvania’s statewide races just a month before Election Day, according to a new poll.

The Muhlenberg College/Morning Call survey released Wednesday showed Republican Tom Corbett holding a 11-point lead over Democrat Dan Onorato in the race for governor, 47 percent to 36 percent. Twelve percent of likely voters are still undecided, and Corbett’s edge is one point smaller when those undecided voters are pressed to say which candidate…

Toomey says he raised $3.8M

Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey said Tuesday that he raised $3.8 million during the third quarter of the year, besting his Democratic opponent’s haul by more than half-a-million bucks.

Toomey’s campaign disclosed its fundraising haul about an hour after Democrat Joe Sestak’s campaign said it raised $3.2 million during the period. Toomey has been a potent fundraiser, and his best quarter to date brought the campaign to more than $14 million raised since he started…

LEFTOVERS: Rendell says get over it, Kanjo & reporters, Meehan talks corruption

Give Ed Rendell this much: The lame-duck governor is nothing if not the fighter-conscience of the Democratic Party.

Rendell this week joined the Obama administration in telling liberals to buck up before the midterm elections, and leave their malaise at the door.

“This isn’t about President Obama,” Rendell said late Monday on MSNBC. “It’s about whether the Democratic Party, not perfect, but certainly bent on trying to preserve theories in government and progressive practices, is…

Sestak camp says $3.2M raised in 3rd quarter

Democrat Joe Sestak’s Senate campaign said Tuesday that it raised more than $3.2 million during the third quarter of the year, his best fundraising period since getting into the race last year.

Sestak started the general election facing a significant financial disadvantage against Republican nominee Pat Toomey, who has proved a prolific fundraiser. His haul this quarter was better than the $1.9 million he raised after the primary, and his campaign said it’s raised more…

In latest Rothfus ad, kids talk allowance and debt

The latest ad from Republican Keith Rothfus is a quirky, 30-second spot in which children complain that their weekly allowances can’t possibly pay down the growing federal debt.

“Jason Altmire must think I’m made of money,” one kid says in the ad.

Another says “we’re $13 trillion in debt,” before another finally laments, “my allowance can’t cover that.”

The race between Rothfus and Altmire is currently No. 9 on the pa2010.com