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
pa href="http://www.pa2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Toomey_Vets.jpg" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F06%2FToomey_Vets.jpg','Toomey_Vets')">The NRSC, meanwhile, last released a new ad touting Toomey on Oct. 13. Titled “ full story

October 28, 2010 at 9:45 am | Comments (14)

From the Blogs

Who’s “Qualified” to be a Politician?

by Tony Heyl

Qualified

I heard somebody talking about the upcoming election and they said that neither Tom Corbett or Dan Onorato were qualified to be governor.  In my best Seth Meyers impersonation, all I could think to ask was really?

Much has been made about whether candidates are qualified for elected office over the past few years.  People criticized Barack Obama’s qualifications because he had been a US Senator for less years than Lost had been on…

October 27, 2010 at 10:29 am | Comments (11)

Lycoming College in Williamsport Poll: Carney, Marino still tied while many undecideds linger. Is the Tea Party holding sway?

pLycoming College in Williamsport released a a href="http://www.lycoming.edu/news/documents/LycomingCollegePollPressReleaseOct262010.pdf" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.lycoming.edu']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lycoming.edu%2Fnews%2Fdocuments%2FLycomingCollegePollPressReleaseOct262010.pdf','poll')" target="_blank"poll/a Tuesday showing Carney leading Marino 45-39, but that is within +/- 5.7 percent margin of error. The poll results are based on a telephone survey of 296 likely voters conducted Oct. 17-21 by Lycoming students./p
pa href="http://www.pa2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/marino.jpg" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F04%2Fmarino.jpg','marino')">Marino is winning Republicans by a margin of 64.4 to 20.8 percent while Carney pulls support from 75.3 percent of Democrats with 16.0 favoring the Republican. Carney is winning self identified independents 49.3 to 38.7 percent. Probably more significantly, 40.3 percent of respondents self-identified as Tea Party supporters and those voters break for Marino 76.8 to 14.7 percent.

“While this race has not been a heavy focal point for Tea Party activity,” said Dr. Jonathan…

October 27, 2010 at 9:37 am | Comments (13)

Congressman Charlie Dent (R-15) and challengers John Callahan and Jake Towne square off at State Theatre in Easton

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October 26, 2010 at 12:22 pm | Comments (0)

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October 26, 2010 at 12:12 pm | Comments (1)

Top Democratic Midterm surrogate, Bill Clinton, in PA again

pClinton will headline a get out the vote rally Thursday afternoon at Northampton Community College’s Spartan Center. Less than a week before the election, Clinton will try to motivate voters to come out and support Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan (D) who is challenging three term incumbent Charlie Dent to represent the 15supth/sup Congressional District and Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato who is running for governor against Attorney General Tom Corbett./p
pTraditionally campaign volunteers spend the weekend before the election phonebanking and canvassing for candidates in a last minute effort rally support for their candidates./p
pThe Democratic Campaign Congressional Committee (DCCC) is committed to Callahan’s race. The DCCC has listed Callahan as one of its 2010 a href="http://www.dccc.org/page/content/redtoblue" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.dccc.org']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dccc.org%2Fpage%2Fcontent%2Fredtoblue','Red+to+Blue')" target="_blank"Red to Blue/a candidates, a list of 29 challengers receiving support for surpassing fundraising goals./p
pDespite recent Democratic gains in Pennsylvania and nationwide, both Callahan and Onorato have significant ground to make up by Election Day. A a href="http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_PA_1020.pdf" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.publicpolicypolling.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publicpolicypolling.com%2Fpdf%2FPPP_Release_PA_1020.pdf','PPP+poll')" target="_blank">PPP poll released Oct. 20 shows Onorato down two points to Corbett and that the so-called “enthusiasm gap” has narrowed to five points, meaning Democrats are more likely to come out to vote.

The polling for Callahan, on the other hand, is all over the place. Muhlenberg College

October 25, 2010 at 2:10 pm | Comments (3)

New Trivedi ad hits Gerlach for not ‘listening’

Democrat Manan Trivedi has released a new TV ad in the 6th District slamming incumbent Republican Jim Gerlach for not ‘listening’ to his constituents.

The 30 second ad started airing Tuesday night. In the ad, Trivedi attacks the fourth term incumbent for his vote against the H.R. 4213 ( full story

October 24, 2010 at 11:41 pm | 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)

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October 21, 2010 at 7:10 pm | Comments (13)

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pa2010.com is changing hands… and I’m moving on

by Dan Hirschhorn

I’m the kind of guy who hates leaving things unfinished. In this case, I’m going to have to make an exception.

It’s been 18 months since pa2010.com went online. Ten days later, a man named Arlen Specter switched parties, turning Pennsylvania’s political landscape on its head. In the weeks and months since, we’ve done our best here to turn this site into the state’s go-to destination for insiders and political junkies.

Because of you, and…

October 12, 2010 at 6:27 pm | Comments (58)