Over-the-top tactics unnecessary for GOP

I read with some confusion of pIt seems to me Republicans have a clear, simple argument to make in the 2010 elections. President Obama was elected…

June 21, 2010 at 12:13 pm | Comments (7)

LEFTOVERS: Sestak on Clinton, Meehan gets plagiarized, Corbett’s birthday

After going against the bulk of the Democratic establishment in his Senate primary win, Joe Sestak says he’s looking forward to help from the top party leaders—including former President Bill Clinton. Sestak, who worked in the Clinton White House, said Friday on MSNBC that his old boss has already said he’d pitch in for Sestak’s campaign against Republican Pat Toomey. “Yes, he already said so,” Sestak said of Clinton. “As a matter of fact, they…

June 20, 2010 at 4:03 pm | Comments (7)

Lentz camp needles Meehan after Harrisburg presser

Republican Pat Meehan was mostly panned in the press and the blogosphere this week for promising “newly uncovered information” about his opponent, before

June 18, 2010 at 5:30 pm | Comments (26)

Meehan camp says 27 Dems who helped Lentz in ’06 got bonuses

Republican Pat Meehan’s campaign on Thursday continued to push its argument that Democrat Bryan Lentz was one of the prime beneficiaries of the legislative corruption scheme known as Bonusgate, releasing the names of 27 Democrats that Meehan says helped in Lentz’s 2006 state House campaign before later receiving taxpayer-funded bonuses.

The latest missive came on the heels of a Harrisburg news conference on Wednesday during which full story

June 17, 2010 at 5:18 pm | Comments (40)

After promising a bombshell, Meehan rehashes old Bonusgate info (Video)

HARRISBURG—Republican Pat Meehan on Wednesday sought to tie his Democratic opponent directly to the infamous legislative corruption probe known as Bonusgate, but provided little if any new information after his campaign had promised reporters fresh revelations that would question his opponent’s “fitness for higher office.”

During a late-morning news conference at the Capitol here, Meehan, a former U.S. Attorney who is running for Congress in the 7th District, pointed out that Ann Collis, a Democratic…

June 16, 2010 at 2:35 pm | Comments (48)

Pat Meehan, water ice scooper

Republican Pat Meehan has been a political operative, a district attorney and a U.S. attorney. On Tuesday evening, he’ll have a different job: scooper at Rita’s Water Ice.

Meehan, the GOP nominee in the 7th Congressional District, will take something of a 45-minute temp job at the Rita’s in Havertown, joining local TV newscasters Pat Ciarrocchi and Deanna Durante in an effort to raise money for breast cancer research. Meehan will be scooping from 6…

June 7, 2010 at 1:31 pm | Comments (31)

Double-Edged-Sword: Is Sestak good or bad for Bryan Lentz?

Joe Sestak’s come-from-behind win in last month’s Senate primary has Democrats in his Delaware County home base excited for November, but it’s also left them to quietly mull over something of a political riddle during the slow summer months: Is this good news or bad news for Bryan Lentz?

Lentz, a two-term state Representative, is the party’s nominee to succeed Sestak in the 7th Congressional District, and he faces a tough race against former U.S.…

June 4, 2010 at 2:34 pm | Comments (38)

Lentz says Meehan played ‘central role’ in failure to regulate Wall Street

Democrat Bryan Lentz on Tuesday made the most substantive and direct attack yet on his Republican opponent’s ambiguous position on financial reform, criticizing Pat Meehan anew for not taking a stance on legislation moving through Congress and even laying some of the blame for the recent financial crisis at Meehan’s doorstep.

Meehan has yet to publicly take a position on financial reform legislation that has passed both chambers of Congress and awaits conference committee negotiations…

June 1, 2010 at 3:17 pm | Comments (31)

Meehan setting the agenda in 7th District debates

In the world of political debates, it’s standard practice for competing campaigns to work together toward accepting invitations from civic and media groups, and scheduling debates accordingly. But in the fiercely-competitive 7th Congressional District, Republican Pat Meehan is setting the table by himself.

Meehan’s campaign is in the process of trying to schedule 10 debates unilaterally. It is taking advantage of an opening provided by Democrat Bryan Lentz,

May 27, 2010 at 5:03 pm | Comments (24)

Lentz wants to debate Meehan ‘any place, any time’ (Updated)

With primary day in the rear-view mirror, Democrat Bryan Lentz says it’s time for Republican Pat Meehan to get serious about having some policy debates.

Lents this week issued a challenge to his 7th District opponent, saying he was ready to debate Meehan “any place, any time.” His comments came after Meehan wrote in an e-mail to supporters that he looks forward to “setting up a vigorous series of debates” with Lentz, and after instances…

May 21, 2010 at 3:00 pm | Comments (36)