Who cares about the 12th? We do

May 12, 2010 at 1:40 pm

Much has been made, both here at pa2010.com and elsewhere, about the relative unimportance of what goes on in the 12th Congressional District this year, both in the May 18 special election to serve out the late Congressman John Murtha’s term, and in the general election to determine who will represent the district in Washington for the next two years.

It doesn’t matter, so goes the conventional wisdom, because after the results are tabulated from…

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Back on the radio

May 10, 2010 at 1:19 pm

Hi readers!

I had the great pleasure of once again appearing on “The Rick Smith Show” this past Sunday on WHYL 960AM out of Harrisburg/Carlisle.

We had the opportunity to talk about a number of subjects, including the race for governor; the congressional race here in my home district, the 12th; what’s really going on in the minds of voters; the deepening ideological divide between the two major political parties; the increasingly “frightening” behavior, as…

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The new GOP generation?

April 25, 2010 at 11:25 am

I don’t live in the 4th Congressional District, but I am near enough to get an up-close-and-personal view of what transpires amongst the candidates, including

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Rohrer can’t even keep his own story straight

April 22, 2010 at 12:53 pm

Sam Rohrer

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American schizophrenia

April 21, 2010 at 4:15 pm

The new

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Breaking news—immodestly dressed women cause earthquakes!

April 20, 2010 at 7:30 am

Have you heard the latest?

Iranian cleric

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It’s tax time—cue the Luksik rant

April 15, 2010 at 3:43 pm

Well, it looks like Peg Luksik has taken another dive into the deep end of the delusional pool for

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Screw up on Act 44

April 13, 2010 at 8:56 am

Last week, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was hit with the reality that, under federal law,

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Thoughts on SpecterPride

March 17, 2010 at 8:51 am

How refreshing to see a political candidate trumpet his support of and from the LGBT community in as public a manner as Arlen Specter did last week at the rally announcing his campaign’s

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What was she thinking?

March 11, 2010 at 9:47 am

pFrom a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/02/exclusive-hafer-running-to-succeed-murtha/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fexclusive-hafer-running-to-succeed-murtha%2F','announcing+her+candidacy')" target="_blank"announcing her candidacy/a before John Murtha’s family had even had a chance to hold his funeral, to besmirching Murtha’s legacy in the eyes of many of his loyalists in the process of trying to smear her opponent, long-time Murtha aide Mark Critz, to a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/03/hafer-swipes-at-critz-selection-process/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fhafer-swipes-at-critz-selection-process%2F','decrying+and+questioning+the+fairness+of+the+process')" target="_blank">decrying and questioning the fairness of the process that named Critz the Democratic nominee for the special election to serve out Murtha’s term, Hafer’s short-lived campaign amounted to one misstep after another.

Her most mind-blowing comment had to come in an interview earlier this week with pa2010.com, during which the former state treasurer and auditor general, who has spent most of her adult life in politics,

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