Rasmussen: Toomey up 9 points

Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey is holding on to a nine-point lead in the race to be Pennsylvania’s next U.S. Senator, according to a new poll.

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Powerful local union backs Meehan

One of the most politically potent labor unions in Delaware County is going with the Republican in the competitive 7th District House race.

The United Aerospace Workers Local 1069, which represents local Boeing workers, endorsed GOP nominee Pat Meehan during an event in Eddystone Thursday. The union often endorses both Democrats and Republicans, but it was nonetheless a significant get for Meehan during a cycle in which organized labor has more often backed Democratic nominee…

More on that 8th District poll

When we reported on pWell, we recently got our hands on much more data from the poll, which was commissioned by a liberal-leaning veterans’ organization and a labor union—groups that obviously favor Murphy./p
pWhile it’s always a question how pollsters select and weight their samples of likely voters, the methodology by Harstad Strategic Research appears to be more than Kosher. The questions aren’t designed to sway respondents one way or another. Others questioned the results because they came from a Democratic poll firm, commissioned by Democratic-leaning groups. But that’s the nature of all internal polling, and we’re in the business of reporting these results./p
pAnd while our headline appeared to peeve some people by describing the poll as “third-party,” that description is only meant to imply that neither campaign commissioned the survey itself./p
pThis isn’t to say the poll is right or wrong. It found a more narrow margin in the race than any public or private poll reported to date./p
pBut it’s legit./p
pYou can check out a href="http://www.pa2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/9-29-Harstad-Poll-Memo.pdf" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F10%2F9-29-Harstad-Poll-Memo.pdf','the+poll+memo+here')" target="_blank">the poll memo here, and the full

In radio ad, Callahan swipes back at budget attacks

Democratic congressional candidate John Callahan is using a new radio ad to push back against criticism from his opponent that he hasn’t been the best financial steward as mayor of Bethlehem.

The radio ad, released by Callahan’s campaign Thursday, comes after Congressman Charlie Dent (R-15) used Full Story

Candidates do Radio Times

One of our favorite programs, “Radio Times” on WHYY, is in the midst of a series of interviews with Pennsylvania’s candidates for office.

They’ve already had a few hopefuls on the show, which we’ve enjoyed thoroughly.

So check them out for yourself.

And click here for Manan Trivedi.

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Realtors make ad buy for Kanjorski

The country’s realtors are going to bat for Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) with a half-a-million-dollar TV ad buy.

The National Association for Realtors’ political action committee spent almost $530,000 on the ad buy, according to campaign finance data. It comes as both parties are heavily investing in the northeast Pennsylvania district, with Republican Lou Barletta mounting his third challenge against Kanjorski in eight years.

Video of any TV spots were not available on the group’s…