How will the 2009 state budget battle shape 2010 elections?

By calling for a 16 percent increase in the personal income tax in order to keep state spending at pre-economic crisis levels, Gov. Ed Rendell has placed his Democrat colleagues in Harrisburg, particularly in the state House, in a box—and potentially at great political risk in 2010. Democrats will have to choose whether to support the agenda of a lame-duck governor, or stand up for their constituents and reject his plan to increase taxes on…

June 18, 2009 at 4:56 pm | Comments (0)

‘No Whining,’ Gov. Rendell

The message of aWeb ad our Party launched today is simple and we hope Gov. Ed Rendell and his Democratic colleagues in Harrisburg are listening—No more spending, no furloughs, no tax increases, no whining!

See the ad, “No Whining,” embedded below.

June 15, 2009 at 12:17 pm | Comments (0)