Dean headlining fundraiser for Lentz, Trivedi

The Democratic Party’s liberal conscience is coming to southeast Pennsylvania next month to raise some campaign cash for Bryan Lentz and Manan Trivedi.

Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor, Democratic National Committee chairman and presidential candidate, will be in suburban Philadelphia on Sept. 22 for a joint fundraiser benefiting the two congressional candidates. The evening event is set to be held at state Senator Daylin Leach’s home in Wayne.

Trivedi is running in the 6th…

August 13, 2010 at 1:30 pm | Comments (6)

Don’t sanitize in the 6th

A recent story here on pa2010.com reported that 6th District Democratic candidate

August 11, 2010 at 1:28 pm | Comments (0)

LEFTOVERS: Trivedi strikes back, Rendell the pundit, get ready to laugh

The feuding continued Monday in the 6th Congressional District, when Democrat Manan Trivedi rounded up some military veterans to speak out against Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-6) in a new Web video.

You might remember that last week Gerlach called out Trivedi for not having lived in the suburban Philadelphia district for years. For some of that time, Trivedi was a Navy doctor in Iraq. So Trivedi’s campaign called it a slight against his military service.…

August 9, 2010 at 10:15 pm | Comments (3)

LEFTOVERS: Tea Party on Schneller, Murphy’s dues, Trivedi’s snap medicine

A pair of local Tea Party groups aren’t happy with Jim Schneller. In case you haven’t been paying attention, Schneller is the third-party candidate in the 7th Congressional District who pEither way, both the Independence Hall Tea…

August 4, 2010 at 5:42 pm | Comments (13)

Gerlach challenges Trivedi’s medical, local credentials

In his nascent political career, Democrat Manan Trivedi has built his political identity on being a local doctor who was “born and raised” in the 6th Congressional District. Now, three months before Election Day, incumbent Republican Jim Gerlach is mounting a concerted effort to call those credentials into question, deploying a cache of opposition research to make the case that Trivedi has been less than honest with voters in the suburban Philadelphia district.

The effort,…

August 4, 2010 at 3:59 pm | Comments (42)

LEFTOVERS: Chamber’s new ad, cross-party support, another Boehner event

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is escalating its air war against Democrat Joe Sestak with a second TV ad that ties the Senate candidate to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The Chamber formally unveiled the 30-second spot Monday.

You’ll recall that Sestak’s campaign briefly pThat…

August 2, 2010 at 11:05 pm | Comments (1)

Trivedi makes a play on immigration

Democrat Manan Trivedi waded into the simmering immigration debate Wednesday, calling for stepped up investigations into companies that hire illegal workers and singling out a suburban Philadelphia industrial contractor that has been accused of the practice.

The statement from his campaign, coming as emotions on the immigration issue are running high, appeared to be Trivedi’s first play for moderate and even conservative voters since he won the 6th District primary in May. In doing so,…

July 28, 2010 at 4:42 pm | Comments (7)

LEFTOVERS: Rendell on Obama, Gerlach gives to NRCC, vulnerable seats

President Obama is about to go on “The View”—but Gov. Ed Rendell thinks that’s not such a good idea because the president should only do “serious shows.”

“I think the president should be accessible, should answer questions that aren’t pre-screened, but I think there should be a little bit of dignity to the presidency,” Rendell said on MSNBC‘s “Morning Joe.”

We’re assuming Rendell’s rule doesn’t apply to governors, considering that the former Philadelphia mayor is…

July 27, 2010 at 3:44 pm | Comments (7)

LEFTOVERS: Toomey on Kagan, Onorato on tone, Lentz & Trivedi add staff

Pat Toomey turned some heads last year when he voiced his support for Sonia Sotomayor’s ascension to the Supreme Court. But the GOP Senate nominee isn’t biting on President Obama’s latest nominee.

Toomey said Monday that if he were in the Senate, he would vote against Elena Kagan. Writing in a full story

July 26, 2010 at 10:15 pm | Comments (4)

Gerlach leads money race, but Trivedi on the move

Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-6) is continuing to rebuild his campaign coffers after an aborted gubernatorial run, and has raised more than $1 million since deciding to seek reelection early this year. But he has also spent heavily, and after Democrat Manan Trivedi had by far his best fundraising period of the campaign, the money race is the 6th Congressional District is surprisingly close.

Gerlach still holds a formidable lead, with full story

July 15, 2010 at 6:45 pm | Comments (13)