The Washington Post

pa2012.com is proud to partner with The Washington Post in bringing our originally reported insider political news to a wide audience of decision makers and opinion leaders across the country.

Close it

Michael Barley's Blog

Michael Barley's Blog

The PA GOP Pulse

  • Pronunciation lessons with Dan Onorato

    September 20, 2010 at 10:42 am

    How do you know when your campaign is in trouble?  If you’re Democrat Dan Onorato, I think that moment occurs when you are forced to put out pCertainly not a great sign for any statewide campaign, let alone one for governor, just 46 days before Election Day./p
    pAnd as if that wasn’t bad enough, imagine that the voice-over talent…

    Full Story

    comments

    comments [6] | post a comment

  • Onorato’s Tea Party faker

    August 20, 2010 at 9:15 am

    We always knew that Dan Onorato was willing to do whatever it takes to try to overcome Tom Corbett’s commanding lead in the race for governor, but even we were surprised that he would sink this low.

    Two weeks ago, four members of the Tea Party movement filed a motion against John Krupa, who had filed nomination papers to run as the supposed candidate of the Tea Party.

    But Krupa had one very big problem—he…

    Full Story

    comments

    comments [18] | post a comment

  • Clinton still hoping to land ‘Joe Says Tax’ a job

    August 9, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    With news that former President Bill Clinton will be campaigning on behalf of Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak this week, I couldn’t help but comment. As you certainly know, the two made headlines earlier this year for their involvement in the White House “Jobgate” scandal, in which Clinton, at the behest of the White House, offered Sestak a position in the administration as an enticement to drop out of the Senate primary against Arlen Specter.…

    Full Story

    comments

    comments [3] | post a comment

  • Every Democrat for himself

    August 2, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    Things have certainly changed a great deal over the last four years since the 2006 midterm elections, when Democrats took control of Congress.

    Democrats are now stricken with an increasingly unpopular president, controversial Democratic leaders (see Pelosi, Reid, Rendell), policies Americans don’t agree with (see government-run health care, cap-and-trade energy tax, stimulus, etc.), numerous scandals (see Jobgate, Rangel, Waters) and have overseen the worst economic climate since the Great Depression.

    It’s not surprising, then, that…

    Full Story

    comments

    comments [7] | post a comment

  • Still waiting for ‘Jobgate’ answers

    June 29, 2010 at 8:45 am

    Democrats just don’t get it.

    It’s been months since Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) first acknowledged the White House’s attempts to bribe him out of the Senate primary, and yet the party that ran on a pledge of increased openness and transparency is still fighting tooth-and-nail to keep the truth about what has become known as “Jobgate” away from the taxpayers.

    It didn’t have to be this way. If, as the White House has said, “ Full Story

    comments

    comments [7] | post a comment

  • State GOP ready for November

    May 25, 2010 at 10:21 am

    Last Tuesday was a great day for the state Republican party. Our Party nominated excellent candidates up and down the ticket.  Statewide, all three of our endorsed candidates won in convincing fashion.

    U.S. Senate candidate Pat Toomey ran very strong in every area of the state and stands poised to be our next U.S. Senator.

    We are also looking forward to taking on Congressman Joe Sestak, or as we have come to refer to him…

    Full Story

    comments

    comments [13] | post a comment

  • Coming down to the wire

    May 11, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    The clash between Senator Arlen Specter and Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) has been arguably the most interesting race to watch in what has shaped up to be a fascinating primary season.

    Make no mistake about it, we have a real race brewing and I believe we may be witnessing the last few days of Senator Specter’s political career. I always believed this race would tighten, but now it appears that Specter is in serious jeopardy…

    Full Story

    comments

    comments [5] | post a comment

  • The party’s over: GOP launches FireSpecter.com

    April 29, 2010 at 1:50 pm

    Full Story

    comments

    comments [6] | post a comment

  • The 12th: A race to watch

    April 24, 2010 at 3:53 pm

    For those of you in Pennsylvania politics you have been living under a rock these past few weeks, it’s time to start brushing up on a race that is already in the spotlight of national news networks, newspapers and political junkies from all over the nation: the special election in southwestern Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District.

    First of all, this race is about the candidates. Our Republican candidate, Tim Burns, is the right leader to go…

    Full Story

    comments

    comments [1] | post a comment

  • PelosiCare accountability tour continues

    April 12, 2010 at 1:27 pm

    Last month, members of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation followed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s lead and voted to pass a 2,309 page government-run, taxpayer-funded health care bill that will raise costs, kill jobs and drive a government-sized wedge between patients and their doctors.

    Over the last few weeks, the Republican Party of Pennsylvania has been working hard to make sure voters know which Democratic members of Congress voted for this atrocious bill. We have also been inviting…

    Full Story

    comments

    comments [7] | post a comment

  • Page 1 of 6123...Last »