Clinton stumps for Onorato, Sestak

Former President Bill Clinton rolled through the Philadelphia area Monday to boost the electoral hopes of gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato and Senate hopeful Joe Sestak.

The pair of morning stops came as Clinton increasingly plays the role of cheerleader-in-chief for the Democratic Party ahead of the midterm elections. At a rally for Onorato in West Philadelphia, Clinton hearkened back the support he received from the City of Brotherly Love.

“If Philadelphia shows up in this…

September 13, 2010 at 4:29 pm | Comments (5)

Clinton will rally Onorato supporters

For the second time in just over a month, former President Bill Clinton is stumping for Dan Onorato.

Clinton will headline a rally on Monday for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate. The rally is scheduled for 11 a.m. at 52nd and Chestnut Streets in Philadelphia. Gov. Ed Rendell is also expected to attend.

The former president, his party’s go-to campaign surrogate this election cycle, headlined a fundraiser for Onorato Aug. 10.

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September 10, 2010 at 11:53 am | Comments (11)

LEFTOVERS: Clinton on Jobgate, labor endorses, Dems on Boehner

Republicans are once again in a tizzy over the so-called Jobgate scandal.

The latest reason? While he was full story

August 12, 2010 at 5:27 pm | Comments (4)

Callahan nets $150K from Clinton fundraiser

In addition to

August 10, 2010 at 11:19 pm | Comments (2)

Clinton: Sestak ‘knows how to solve problems’

SCRANTON—Former President Bill Clinton talked up his party’s Senate candidate at a campaign rally here Tuesday, even as Joe Sestak himself was stuck in Washington because of a House vote on federal aid to state governments.

Clinton was in town as part of a busy campaign day in the Keystone State, which includes fundraisers for congressional hopeful John Callahan and gubernatorial nominee Dan Onorato. But his appearance for Sestak, a former defense policy adviser in…

August 10, 2010 at 5:13 pm | Comments (14)

Clinton joins Michelle on Sestak’s A-list

There was an interesting confluence of events Wednesday for Democrat Joe Sestak: He marked the one-year anniversary of his (finally official) announcement that he’d run for U.S. Senate, while at the same time his campaign announced that his former White House boss Bill Clinton would stump at a rally for Sestak.

Is Sestak concerned that when the two appear together in Scranton, it will re-open the sideshow debate about how Clinton, acting on behalf of…

August 5, 2010 at 8:05 am | Comments (7)

Clinton stumping for Sestak next week

Former President Bill Clinton is adding a campaign appearance for one of his favorite Navy men to the schedule when he comes to Pennsylvania next week.

Clinton, already in the Keystone State to headline fundraisers for gubernatorial nominee Dan Onorato and House challenger John Callahan, will also appear at a Tuesday campaign rally in Scranton for Senate candidate Joe Sestak.

Sestak, who faces Republican Pat Toomey in November, served on Clinton’s National Security Council. When…

August 4, 2010 at 10:30 am | Comments (0)

Clinton headlining fundraiser for Onorato

Former President Bill Clinton will be pitching in next month to keep the Governor’s Mansion in Democratic hands.

Clinton will be in Philadelphia Aug. 10 to headline a fundraiser for Democratic nominee Dan Onorato. Only hours earlier,

July 27, 2010 at 12:20 pm | Comments (0)

Clinton headlining fundraiser for Callahan

Bill Clinton is coming to Allentown.

The former president will be in the Lehigh Valley on Aug. 10 to headline a fundraiser for congressional hopeful John Callahan. The Bethlehem mayor and White House recruit is running against incumbent Republican Charlie Dent in the 15th District.

Callahan’s campaign announced the fundraiser in an e-mail to supporters Saturday. An invitation to the event at a private residence in town did not list any minimum donation amounts.

Clinton might campaign for Onorato

Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Pennsylvania to stump for gubernatorial hopeful Dan Onorato—maybe.

Onorato’s campaign on Monday had to tamp down rumors of an impending visit by the 42nd president, after state Senator Daylin Leach (D-Montgomery)

July 13, 2010 at 8:25 am | Comments (3)