Toomey ad questions Sestak’s independence

A new TV ad from Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey’s campaign seeks to undermine Democrat Joe Sestak’s claim to any modicum of political independence.

The 30-second spot juxtaposes Sestak’s comment that he wants to President Obama’s “strongest ally” with a tough line of questioning the Democratic nominee received from “Meet the Press” host David Gregory earlier this year.

It was not formally announced by the campaign,

September 27, 2010 at 11:12 am | Comments (2)

CNN poll sees tighter Senate race

Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey is holding on to a five-point lead in his race against Democrat Joe Sestak, according to a new poll.

The CNN/Time survey released Wednesday indicated a closer race than some other polls, with the results just outside the margin of error. Toomey wins 49 percent of likely voters in the survey, compared to 44 for Sestak. Among all registered voters, the race is tied.

Most public polls have shown Toomey…

September 23, 2010 at 9:12 am | Comments (15)

Poll: Toomey up 7 points

Republican Pat Toomey is leading Democrat Joe Sestak by seven points in Pennsylvania’s competitive Senate race, according to a new poll.

The Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday showed Toomey garnering 50 percent of likely voters, compared to 43 percent for Sestak. It was one of the first polls in which Toomey hit the 50-percent mark. Only seven percent of likely voters are still undecided six weeks before Election Day.

The poll echoed most other public…

September 22, 2010 at 10:54 am | Comments (14)

Sestak skipping Chamber debate

The first Senate debate of the general election is now off the schedule.

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September 21, 2010 at 3:42 pm | Comments (13)

Toomey up by 8 in new poll

Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey holds an eight-point edge over Democratic opponent Joe Sestak, according to a new poll.

The Fox News survey released Tuesday found Toomey winning 48 percent of the vote, compared to 40 percent for Sestak. That’s a lead two points larger than in pThe poll also found Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett enjoying a 10-point lead against Democrat Dan Onorato, with 9 percent of voters undecided and three percent preferring another candidate. Earlier in the day, a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/09/independents-fuel-15-point-edge-for-corbett-poll-says/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F09%2Findependents-fuel-15-point-edge-for-corbett-poll-says%2F','a+Quinnipiac+University+survey+showed+Corbett+leading+by+15+points.')" target="_blank"a Quinnipiac University survey showed Corbett leading by 15 points./a/p
pThe survey of 1,000 likely voters, conducted Sept. 18, had a margin of error of three percent./p
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September 21, 2010 at 3:13 pm | Comments (6)

Obama: Sestak ‘not one of the insiders’

President Obama made his first campaign stop for Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak Monday, headlining a Philadelphia fundraiser that was expected to net a big cash haul six weeks before Election Day.

Speaking during a smaller-dollar general reception at the Pennsylvania Convention Center before a minimum $1,000-per-head dinner, Obama echoed the argument Sestak has made for months—that the two-term congressman an outsider not beholden to rigid ideology.

“The choice in this election could not be…

September 21, 2010 at 6:45 am | Comments (3)

Poll: Toomey up 9, undecideds up for grabs

Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey is still enjoying a nine-point lead just six weeks before Election Day, according to a new poll.

The Municipoll survey released Monday showed Toomey winning 45 percent of the vote, compared to 36 percent for Democrat Joe Sestak. Almost a fifth of voters remain undecided, and in a finding that could be good news for Sestak, more of those voters are Democrats and independents than are Republicans.

The results are…

September 20, 2010 at 12:03 pm | Comments (7)

Sestak: Toomey ‘out of touch with the mainstream’

Democratic Senate candidate Joe Sestak argued Monday that GOP opponent Pat Toomey is out of step with Americans on a host of economic and social issues.

Appearing on Fox29, Sestak faulted Toomey’s support for tax cuts for the wealthy and his opposition to legislation restricting assault weapons and to legislation expanding hate crimes protections.

“He’s out of touch with the mainstream of America,” Sestak said.

With President Obama set to headline a fundraiser for Sestak…

September 20, 2010 at 10:40 am | Comments (6)

Toomey: ‘I believe in American exceptionalism’

Lest there be any confusion, Pat Toomey believes in American exceptionalism.

The Republican Senate candidate,

September 20, 2010 at 9:25 am | Comments (4)

Labor’s mailers target Toomey, House hopefuls

The next round of organized labor’s big direct-mail campaign is zeroing in on Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey and five GOP House candidates.

The AFL-CIO mailers, obtained by pa2010.com ahead of their formal release Monday morning, are part of pThe direct-mailers, part of a campaign that includes more than 2 million mail pieces that will hit homes across the country, hew to the familiar Democratic attack lines this cycle. The mailer targeting Toomey says he “profited while working families struggled.” The pieces targeting 8th District Republican Mike Fitzpatrick and 10th District Republican Tom Marino depict an elderly union couple saying: “We worked hard. We did everything we were supposed to do. Now Mike Fitzpatrick wants to change the rules.”/p
pOther mailers targeting Mike Kelly in the 3rd District, Pat Toomey in the 7th District and Tim Burns in the 12th District accuse the GOP nominees of pledging to protect tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. The attack refers to the Americans for Tax Reform pledge that a plethora of candidates have signed. It doesn’t actually pledge those candidates to protect such tax breaks as a rule, but the conservative group has said that some measures which would end the tax breaks would also violate the pledge./p
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September 20, 2010 at 9:09 am | Comments (0)