Who is the GOP talking to?

July 20, 2010 at 10:38 am

Last month, Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX), echoing talking points released by the House Republican Study Committee, apologized to BP for its ill-treatment at the hands of the Obama administration, calling the establishment of the $20 million trust fund set up to help Gulf residents affected by BP’s massive oil spill a “shakedown” and the trust itself an administration “slush fund.”

A couple weeks later, in an interview with The Tribune-Review, House Minority Leader John Boehner,…

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Defending Paul Kanjorski

June 30, 2010 at 1:16 pm

Living almost literally on the opposite side of Pennsylvania from the 11th Congressional District, I’ll admit I have no idea what kind of lawmaker and representative Paul Kanjorski has been for his constituents.

But as a resident of a working-class area where I’ve watched many people over the course of my life thrown out of jobs, downsized, or otherwise become unemployed through no fault of their own, I can say with certainty that I saw…

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Ten million conservatives, one brain?

June 21, 2010 at 12:17 pm

Back in the days of old-time hockey, there was a family from Alberta, Canada by the name of Sutter that sent six of its seven boys to play in the NHL. Now, while the Sutters were obviously very talented, they weren’t always very well liked. A “fan” once hung a banner in the old Minnesota North Stars’ arena during a game in which a couple of the brother appeared that read “Six Sutters, one brain.”…

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Dem officials throw working Americans under the bus

June 14, 2010 at 7:30 am

In the wake of Senator Blanche Lincoln’s narrow victory over Bill Halter in last week’s Arkansas primary run-off election, some in the Obama administration, along with other members of the Democratic establishment, were heard

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Copying Obama when you don’t even like him

June 2, 2010 at 10:02 am

Republicans may not hate Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, President Obama and other Democrats as much as they say if a recent GOP primary in Idaho is any indication.

Then again, we may have stumbled onto the reason why they do.

Vaughn Ward—the mainstream, establishment Republican running in the district of infamous former Congressman Larry Craig—was videotaped giving a speech that lifted portions nearly word for word from the one delivered at the 2004 Democratic National…

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Coleman ‘conservatives’ need a reality check

May 28, 2010 at 12:00 pm

At a time when the country is facing the worst oil disaster in its history at the hands of a company already responsible for multiple deaths and scores of safety violations; Johnson & Johnson is looking at potential criminal penalties in the wake of evidence that it knew about and for two years covered up potential problems with some of its children’s cold medications; every week seems to bring word of yet another recall of…

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Whatever happens, southwest Pa. wins

May 26, 2010 at 9:53 am

For the first time since 1978 when Republican Dick Thornburgh defeated Democrat Pete Flaherty, two of southwest Pennsylvania’s native sons are vying to become governor of the Commonwealth.

Democrat Dan Onorato is, of course, the sitting Executive of Allegheny County. But many Pennsylvanians may be unaware that Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett also hails from the region and got his start in politics as a township commissioner in the Pittsburgh suburb of Shaler.

So, regardless…

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Join me tonight on WPSU

May 18, 2010 at 11:28 am

Election Day greetings, political junkies!

I’d like to invite you all to join me tonight from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. on

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Buying the office?

May 18, 2010 at 11:12 am

It’s been conventional wisdom here in the 12th Congressional District that Republican Tim Burns’ ability to self-finance his campaign for the special election to serve out the remainder of the late Congressman John Murtha’s term in office was behind the GOP’s rationale to choose him over conservative grassroots favorite Bill Russell.

And considering the pBurns…

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A word about school choice

May 17, 2010 at 9:40 am

Much has been made of the issue of school choice in Pennsylvania, with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Anthony Williams making this one of the centerpieces of his campaign.

Indeed, the comments section on

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