Government shutdown: more on the PA connection

In an era of contentious political squabbles and increased unknowns in FrackingLand (aka Pennsylvania), it’s good to know that members of the Keystone Congressional delegation can put policy over partisanship. It’s perhaps disturbing to know that they can put it over thoughtfulness as well.

Breaking ranks is one thing. Breaking ranks to full story

April 8, 2011 at 11:33 am | Comments (0)

Pa. Delegation’s take on the looming shutdown

The federal government is getting close to possibly shutting down for the first time since 1996. If President Obama and Congressional leaders cannot come to an agreement full story

April 7, 2011 at 12:49 pm | Comments (5)

In latest Rothfus ad, kids talk allowance and debt

The latest ad from Republican Keith Rothfus is a quirky, 30-second spot in which children complain that their weekly allowances can’t possibly pay down the growing federal debt.

“Jason Altmire must think I’m made of money,” one kid says in the ad.

Another says “we’re $13 trillion in debt,” before another finally laments, “my allowance can’t cover that.”

The race between Rothfus and Altmire is currently No. 9 on the pa2010.com

October 5, 2010 at 3:21 pm | Comments (15)

AJS keeps up the charge against Altmire, Lentz

The conservative group Americans for Job Security obviously doesn’t like Democrats Jason Altmire and Bryan Lentz.

Already having

September 23, 2010 at 9:45 am | Comments (10)

LEFTOVERS: Specter and Sestak, Brown for Toomey, Club for Rothfus

As everyone knows, pA pool reporter caught up with Specter at Philadelphia International Airport, where the lame-duck senator was meeting Obama. The reporter asked how he thinks Sestak is doing, a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42473.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.politico.com']);return…

September 21, 2010 at 5:00 pm | Comments (8)

AD WATCH: Health care hits and misses from conservative groups

In four recent TV ads targeting Pennsylvania Democrats, a pair of conservative groups have said the newly-enacted health care law makes massive Medicate cuts, raises taxes and risks seniors losing their doctors.

The health care overhaul’s effect on Medicare is a hotly debated subject infused with tension. After examining the facts, we find these four ads from the 60 Plus Association and Americans for Job Security to be only HALF-TRUE. A separate Americans for Job…

September 21, 2010 at 12:03 pm | Comments (3)

Rothfus takes to TV with fiscal message

Six weeks before Election Day, Republican Keith Rothfus has taken his campaign against Congressman Jason Altmire (D-4) to the airwaves.

Rothfus’ first TV ad started airing Tuesday. A candidate who has turned heads with his fundraising ability after knocking off former U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan in the primary, he’s on the air earlier than Altmire was when he unseated Republican Melissa Hart in 2006. Altmire still enjoys a strong financial advantage, and has already…

September 21, 2010 at 10:52 am | Comments (9)

Altmire on the football field

The latest TV ad from Congressman Jason Altmire (D-4) features the sophomore huddling with constituents on a football field opining on his votes and his political philosophy.

“There are a lot of people in Washington that aren’t happy with me right now,” Altmire says in the 30-second spot, which began airing earlier this week. “But my job is to do what’s right for folks here.”

Altmire, who faces Republican Keith Rothfus in his bid for…

September 17, 2010 at 3:30 pm | Comments (4)

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)

LEFTOVERS: Rothenberg on the Senate race, Pence raises cash for Rothfus

The Senate race is starting to move in the GOP’s favor. At least that’s what political forecaster extraordinaire Stu Rothenberg says.

His Rothenberg Political Report has changed its forecast for the race between Democrat Joe Sestak and Republican Pat Toomey from “ pRothenberg made the same change to his forecast in the 3rd Congressional District, where he sees Republican Mike Kelly taking a slight edge against Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3)./p
pAnd while we were busy scrambling a reporter to cover a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/09/sestak-frames-an-economic-debate-against-toomey/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fsestak-frames-an-economic-debate-against-toomey%2F','Democrat+Joe+Sestak%22s+big+speech+in+Pittsburgh+Tuesday+morning')" target="_blank"Democrat Joe Sestak’s big speech in Pittsburgh Tuesday morning/a, Republican Keith Rothfus was getting together with Congressman Mike Pence (R-Ind.) at Station Square. Pence, the chairman of the House Republican Conference, headlined a fundraiser for Rothfus, who’s taking on Democratic incumbent Jason Altmire in the 4th District./p
pThis event came just as Altmire’s campaign was e-mailing reporters a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/09/altmire-poll-memo-claims-huge-lead/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F09%2Faltmire-poll-memo-claims-huge-lead%2F','a+poll+memo+that+claims+a+huge+lead+for+the+congressman')" target="_blank">a poll memo that claims a huge lead for the congressman. But our friends at

September 7, 2010 at 3:41 pm | Comments (1)