Sestak, Schwartz try to shift blame on health care

Interesting comments yesterday from Joe Sestak and Allyson Schwartz on health care. Sestak says it would be pActually, the Republicans have been quite consistent in their position, which is that the way to control health care costs is to control health…

August 19, 2009 at 11:39 am | Comments (10)

Schwartz: Republicans ‘have not been very constructive’

Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (D-13) on Tuesday reiterated her support for a public option for health care, but said that Republicans have sought to block any efforts at reform.

“We have always wanted this and would love to see it be a bipartisan bill,” Schwartz said on MSNBC. “[Republicans are] looking for every way to right really doing what we want to do in this country.”

She insisted that when all is said and done, “there…

August 18, 2009 at 11:15 am | Comments (9)

Smug Democrats sing their own praises—is Pennsylvania listening?

Well I seem to provoked more comments than usual with my pMore sympathetic commenters suggested that Steven Welch would be…

August 8, 2009 at 9:00 am | Comments (4)

Dachowski aims to give Schwartz a run for her money

I have some idea what it’s like to run a long-shot race against a well-funded incumbent, so when I met pDachowski, a dentist and a previous candidate for county coroner, struck me as personable—one might even say charming—and very much aware of the challenges…

July 22, 2009 at 7:00 am | Comments (2)

THE RUMOR MILL: Fire alarms, Schwartz for Governor and McCaffery for Congress?

An occasional series of articles exploring political gossip in the air, whether there’s truth to it or not.

PHILADELPHIA—Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (D-13) was at City Hall here today for a press conference on healthcare reform efforts. I made my way up the Mayor’s Reception Room in the hopes of talking to her. Ever since I included her in my list of

July 20, 2009 at 3:18 pm | Comments (10)

Schwartz has $2.5M on hand; opponent less than $10K

Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (D-13) continues to raise money at a steady clip, collecting about $464,000 over the last three months and ending the quarter with more than $2.5 million on hand, according to campaign finance data.

The only Republican who has said he may oppose her, Damian Dachowski, has less than $10,000 on hand.

Schwartz has raised more than $800,000 since easily winning reelection last year. Dachowski has raised more than $13,000 to date.

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July 16, 2009 at 9:51 am | Comments (4)

Five Democrats who could shake up the Governor’s race

For months, Democratic insiders have looked at their party’s field for Governor and asked: “Is this it?”

And that was before Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham full story

July 8, 2009 at 2:14 pm | Comments (16)

Pulling teeth in the 13th…

Still getting back into the swing of things after a death in my family and my recent Italy trip, so I haven’t had much time for interviews just yet.  But I was intrigued to see that Republican Damian Dachowski, a Huntingdon Valley dentist,

June 17, 2009 at 9:09 am | Comments (1)

A MontCo dentist looks to challenge Schwartz

A dentist from Huntingdon Valley says he’s likely to challenge Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (D-13) next year, going up against a popular and well-entrenched incumbent in what is sure to be a steep uphill battle.

Damian Dachowski, who has lived his whole life in the 13th Congressional District and has his own dental practice in Horsham, had not officially declared his candidacy. But he has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission, launched a campaign Web site and is looking for support in the district. Even as he insisted his decision wasn’t final in an interview with pa2010.com, he spoke as if it was.

“I’m running for congress because government just seems to be going in the wrong direction, and Americans are looking for new leadership to fix a system that’s broken,” Dachowski said.

June 15, 2009 at 11:39 am | Comments (1)

Schwartz won’t run for Senate

Add another Democrat to the list of folks who won’t be running against newly-Democratic Senator Arlen Specter in next year’s primary: Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (D-13).

Schwartz’s name had been frequently floated as a possible Senate candidate. But even before Specter said he would

April 29, 2009 at 9:47 am | Comments (0)