Is Senator Toomey keeping campaign promises?

Nearly every newly minted U.S. senator promises some variation of “I’m going to hit the ground running.” It sounds good to their supporters flush with victory. More often than not, new senators spend a few months if not a full year getting their bearings, often being tapped to preside over the Senate in order to get a grasp of the often Byzantine rules of the chamber. Indeed, few freshmen senators get much national media exposure…

March 29, 2011 at 5:18 pm | Comments (5)

Senator Casey speaks

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October 29, 2010 at 2:23 pm | Comments (9)

State awash in campaign spending as DSCC releases new ad blasting Toomey

The scary Chinese are back …

pThe DSCC released a new ad for Sestak titled “a href="http://www.dscc.org/corning" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.dscc.org']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dscc.org%2Fcorning','Corning')" target="_blank"Corning/a” to run in the state during the last week before the election. The ad highlights a College Township, Centre County, plant owned by Corning, N.Y., based Corning Inc. In 2003, the plant shut down and the jobs sent to China. The ad then attacks Toomey for his votes granting China special trade status as well as corporate tax breaks that facilitated the outsourcing. The ad points out that the workers were directed to disassemble the machines before they, too, were shipped overseas./p
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October 28, 2010 at 9:45 am | Comments (14)

Palin, Giuliani endorse Toomey… or did they?

Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey picked up a pair of major endorsements recently, though he seems much more enthusiastic about one than the other.

Former Alaska Governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin took to her usual venue, Facebook, Tuesday to Full Story

October 24, 2010 at 11:38 pm | Comments (73)

Months after defeat, Specter stumping for Sestak

Almost five months after he was dispatched in the May primary, Senator Arlen Specter will be campaigning in earnest for the man who sent him packing.

Specter will be joining Senators Bob Casey and Chuck Schumer and a reception for Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak Monday in the Philadelphia. It will mark one of the only times since their bitter primary that Specter has stumped for Sestak—Specter brought him to a lunch of Senate Democrats…

October 7, 2010 at 10:00 am | Comments (66)

EXCLUSIVE: New Sestak ad plays the Santorum, Palin cards

Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak is up with a new TV ad that seeks to remind voters of Republican rival Pat Toomey’s affinity for Rick Santorum and Sarah Palin.

The 30-second spot, which was not released by the campaign but was airing Tuesday night and Wednesday morning in the Philadelphia media market, refers to Toomey as “Pennsylvania’s most right-wing congressman”—a reference to an American Conservative Union rating that has put him to the right of…

October 6, 2010 at 12:10 pm | Comments (47)

Muhlenberg: Corbett up 11, Toomey up 7

Republicans continue to hold healthy leads in Pennsylvania’s statewide races just a month before Election Day, according to a new poll.

The Muhlenberg College/Morning Call survey released Wednesday showed Republican Tom Corbett holding a 11-point lead over Democrat Dan Onorato in the race for governor, 47 percent to 36 percent. Twelve percent of likely voters are still undecided, and Corbett’s edge is one point smaller when those undecided voters are pressed to say which candidate…

October 6, 2010 at 10:46 am | Comments (1)

Toomey says he raised $3.8M

Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey said Tuesday that he raised $3.8 million during the third quarter of the year, besting his Democratic opponent’s haul by more than half-a-million bucks.

Toomey’s campaign disclosed its fundraising haul about an hour after Democrat Joe Sestak’s campaign said it raised $3.2 million during the period. Toomey has been a potent fundraiser, and his best quarter to date brought the campaign to more than $14 million raised since he started…

October 5, 2010 at 4:43 pm | Comments (10)

Sestak camp says $3.2M raised in 3rd quarter

Democrat Joe Sestak’s Senate campaign said Tuesday that it raised more than $3.2 million during the third quarter of the year, his best fundraising period since getting into the race last year.

Sestak started the general election facing a significant financial disadvantage against Republican nominee Pat Toomey, who has proved a prolific fundraiser. His haul this quarter was better than the $1.9 million he raised after the primary, and his campaign said it’s raised more…

October 5, 2010 at 4:05 pm | Comments (15)