Retired general to stump for Lentz

A retired Army General who served in Iraq will hit the campaign trail next weekend with former Army Ranger and current congressional candidate Bryan Lentz.

Retired Major General Paul Eaton will headline the Vets for Lentz kickoff event next Saturday afternoon in Upper Darby. Lentz, a Democrat, is running against Republican Pat Meehan and independent Jim Schneller in the 7th District.

Eaton headed up operations to train Iraqi troops shortly after the 2003 invasion, and…

September 10, 2010 at 8:00 am | Comments (0)

Conservative group hits Altmire, Lentz in TV campaign

A conservative group that bills itself as business-friendly is running TV ads targeting Congressman Jason Altmire (D-4) and Democratic congressional candidate Bryan Lentz.

The ads from Americans for Job Security criticizes Altmire for claiming to independent from the Democratic leadership, and Lentz for his spending votes in Harrisburg.

The size and scope of the ad buys were not immediately clear. But Politico, in

September 9, 2010 at 10:50 am | Comments (10)

Christie to campaign for Meehan again

For the second time this cycle, New Jersey Gov. Chis Christie is going to pitch in for his old colleague Pat Meehan.

Christie will headline a Sept. 20 fundraiser for Meehan, the GOP nominee in the 7th Congressional District. Both men were U.S. Attorneys in the Bush administration.

The evening event will be held at Springfield Country Club in the Delaware County district.

September 8, 2010 at 11:28 am | Comments (1)

AG’s office opens probe of Schneller’s petitions

Of the three candidates in the 7th Congressional District, two now find their nominating petitions under law enforcement scrutiny.

The state attorney general’s office has opened an investigation into independent Jim Schneller’s nominating papers. The investigation was spurred by a letter from an attorney representing supporters of Republican Pat Meehan.

Meehan’s nominating petitions are already being probed by the office for alleged fraud. His supporters recently full story

September 8, 2010 at 10:53 am | Comments (13)

Seeking Meehan’s removal, Schneller sues state officials

Fresh off pTo that end, the unusual candidate has done something decidedly unusual: he’s filed suit against Attorney General Tom Corbett and acting Secretary of State Basil Merenda. Schneller wants the Commonwealth Court to compel Corbett’s office to complete…

September 7, 2010 at 3:12 pm | Comments (12)

Schneller will be on the ballot; setback for Meehan

It’s officially a three-man contest in the 7th Congressional District.

A legal challenge seeking to keep independent Jim Schneller off the ballot was withdrawn from Commonwealth Court late Thursday, shortly after a judge issued a key ruling against supporters of Republican candidate Pat Meehan, full story

September 2, 2010 at 6:22 pm | Comments (16)

Lentz gave to Santorum in 2000

For almost a year, Democrat Bryan Lentz and his supporters have worked to equate his Republican opponent with former Senator Rick Santorum, the conservative who got washed out of office by the Democratic wave in 2006. Pat Meehan, Lentz’s rival in the 7th Congressional District, was a campaign manager for Santorum, and counts the former senator as a close supporter.

But Lentz, a two-term state Representative, was briefly a Santorum supporter himself—at least financially.

Lentz…

September 1, 2010 at 3:33 pm | Comments (8)

LEFTOVERS: Sestak & earmarks, Casey does SEPA, Marino on tape

Democrat Joe Sestak found himself under new scrutiny on that pesky subject of earmarks Monday, after The Morning Call pAt issue is $350,000 requested for the Thomas Paine Foundation, money to develop a new prototype, offshore wind turbine. The money was never actually appropriated, but long story short, the head of the…

August 30, 2010 at 7:23 pm | Comments (5)

Lentz camp goes hypocritical… to cry hypocrisy?

A simple campaign press release had never made my jaw literally drop—until I saw what Democrat Bryan Lentz’s campaign laid on my table recently.

“Lentz Campaign Calls For Meehan to Try and Win Votes with Ideas, Not Courts,” the headline screamed.

This is, of course, a reference to the fact that Republican Pat Meehan’s campaign in the 7th Congressional District has full story

August 27, 2010 at 11:00 am | Comments (9)

Schneller wants in on the debate

Even as he fights a

August 26, 2010 at 12:31 pm | Comments (10)