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)

NRCC adds Carney to latest TV targets

A trio of new TV ads from national Republicans hits the airwaves in Pennsylvania, and for the first time this cycle the GOP has Congressman Chris Carney (D-10) directly in its crosshairs.

The National Republican Congressional Committee unveiled the three new spots Monday morning. Two target Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3) and Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11), vulnerable incumbents who have already been the subject of NRCC TV spots. But the ad against Carney marks the first…

October 4, 2010 at 1:53 pm | Comments (5)

Kanjo keeps up the Hazleton attack in new ad

The latest TV ad from Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) keeps building on what has become the foundation of the campaign’s media blitz: arguing that Republican opponent Lou Barletta is a failed mayor in Hazleton.

Kanjorski’s campaign tries to frame the 30-second spot as a response to Barletta by pulling a screen shot from

October 3, 2010 at 2:18 pm | Comments (3)

Realtors make ad buy for Kanjorski

The country’s realtors are going to bat for Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) with a half-a-million-dollar TV ad buy.

The National Association for Realtors’ political action committee spent almost $530,000 on the ad buy, according to campaign finance data. It comes as both parties are heavily investing in the northeast Pennsylvania district, with Republican Lou Barletta mounting his third challenge against Kanjorski in eight years.

Video of any TV spots were not available on the group’s…

October 1, 2010 at 7:08 am | Comments (2)

DCCC’s first ads target Kelly, Barletta

Democrats have used their first TV buy in Pennsylvania to go after Republicans challenging their two most vulnerable incumbents in the state.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s first two TV ads, obtained by pa2010.com ahead of their formal release Monday afternoon, target Republicans Mike Kelly and Lou Barletta. Kelly is running against freshman Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3), while Barletta is challenging longtime incumbent Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) for the third time in eight years.

The…

September 27, 2010 at 11:29 am | Comments (5)

NRCC keeps up attack on Dahlkemper, Kanjorski

Republicans continue to make Pennsylvania’s two most vulnerable incumbents their two favorite targets.

The National Republican Congressional Committee is up with two new TV ads targeting Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3) and Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11). The 30-second spots follow ads the GOP has already run against the two well-funded incumbents.

The ad against Dahlkemper fires back at a TV ad her campaign ran that was called “misleading” by FactCheck.org. The ad against Kanjorski takes broader…

September 27, 2010 at 10:59 am | Comments (0)

Polls show Republicans leading in NEPA

Polls commissioned by The Times Leader have found Republicans Tom Marino and Lou Barletta well positioned to knock off a pair of Democratic incumbents in northeast Pennsylvania.

A poll by the newspaper found Barletta leading Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) by 11 points,

September 26, 2010 at 2:18 pm | Comments (2)

Barletta ad (calmly) fires back at Kanjorski

Facing a deluge of attack ads against him, Republican Lou Barletta has taken to the airwaves for some relatively gentle push back.

In Barletta’s latest TV ad, which began airing late last week, he sits at a diner counter and says Congressman Paul Kanjorski’s (D-11) “negative campaign doesn’t surprise me, or them.”

“He’s been in Washington so long,” Barletta says, “and become so out of touch that he has lot sight of the reality that…

September 26, 2010 at 1:45 pm | Comments (1)

Kanjorski ad hits Barletta for opposition to training facility project

Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) is using a new ad to take Republican opponent Lou Barletta to task for opposing a proposed training center for State Department security personnel that Kanjorski wants to bring to northeast Pennsylvania.

Barletta quickly denounced the project as dangerous and disruptive to the neighborhood when Kanjorski proposed it, even as Kanjorski promised it would bring 1,000 jobs to a northeast Pennsylvania district struggling economically like any other. The new 30-second spot,…

September 22, 2010 at 11:44 am | Comments (2)

LEFTOVERS: Obama endorsements, a new tack on Toomey, Carney news galore

In reporting on p“And with so much still left to be done, and too many families struggling to get by, we need to keep America moving forward—which means I need you to support Manan Trivedi for Congress,” Obama wrote about the 6th District candidate…

September 17, 2010 at 6:16 pm | Comments (3)