Santorum Likely to Formally Announce on June 5

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum will most likely launch a formal presidential bid pThe announcement is not particularly surprising. Santorum did participate in the first Republican presidential debate with former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, former New Mexico…

Schmidt and Featherman shows a resurgent GOP in Philadelphia

Talk about a Republican revival tends to perk up every couple of years in Philadelphia, so it’s hard to know when to take it for real.   Nevertheless, there are signs this year the party’s corpse, so to speak, might be kicking again as this week’s primary approaches.

The most attention has been attracted by Al Schmidt, the insurgent candidate for City Commissioner.   Schmidt, who served as director of the Philly GOP and ran unsuccessfully but…

Municipal Primaries Show All Politics Is Indeed Local … Onward to November.

Primary voters will go to the polls in Pennsylvania Tuesday to select nominees to run in the November general election. The Commonwealth holds its elections for municipal and county government during odd number years, virtually ensuring that a city mayor or county commissioner race is the potential top of the ticket rather than president, senator or governor.

Pennsylvania’s closed primary election effectively freezing out third party and independent voters except for the occasional ballot question.…

House Panel advances GOP budget that softens education cuts, hits DPW

The state House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday pThe a href="http://www.pahousegop.com/NewsItem.aspx?NewsID=11325" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pahousegop.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pahousegop.com%2FNewsItem.aspx%3FNewsID%3D11325','noted')"…

Is Gov. Tom Corbett giving you what you asked for?

Should Gov. Corbett’s disapproval scores be so high for doing what he promised when running for the office last year?  Many Republicans (and a few Democrats) snickered while voting for Corbett in November, figuring the new Gov would not cut in areas where they have interests.  After some posturing, these cynical voters believe, Corbett would raise taxes, saying he had no choice. What has happened in the first 100 days of Corbett’s rule underscores the…