Sestak: ‘We oversold’ the stimulus

Republican Pat Toomey’s campaign is seizing upon comments Democrat Joe Sestak made about the economic stimulus package, in which Sestak said “there’s no such thing as a shovel-ready job.”

“We oversold things,” Sestak

November 19, 2009 at 5:10 pm | Comments (13)

Huckabee ‘doesn’t have to like’ Toomey to vote for him

Mike Huckabee doesn’t hold a grudge.

Back in 2007, Republican Pat Toomey, then head of the conservative Club for Growth, wrote

November 3, 2009 at 6:16 pm | Comments (4)

Hatch reportedly warming to Toomey

A leading Republican Senator who once said there wasn’t anybody “in the world who believes” Pat Toomey could win a general election for Senate is now set to host a fundraiser for the GOP candidate.

Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) will host a fundraising lunch for Toomey Nov. 17, Roll Call reports, yet another indication that a Republican leadership once deeply skeptical of Toomey’s electability is increasingly behind him.

After Senator Arlen Specter switched parties in…

October 30, 2009 at 5:00 pm | Comments (0)

Specter’s numbers continue to dip; still leads Sestak and Toomey

Senator Arlen Specter’s standing with voters is still falling ahead of next year’s reelection fight, with a historical low of only 23 percent of voters saying he deserves another term, according to a new poll.

The Franklin & Marshall College survey released Wednesday morning showed Specter’s approval rating at its lowest since Franklin & Marshall began asking the question in 1991, yet another piece of evidence that the longtime incumbent’s party switch has hurt him…

October 28, 2009 at 12:00 pm | Comments (55)

A word on Toomey’s spending

In our

October 20, 2009 at 5:24 pm | Comments (3)

3 lessons learned and 3 questions raised in the 3rd quarter (Updated)

The numbers are in, digested and covered to death.

So with third quarter FEC reports squarely in the rear-view mirror, pa2010.com returns to the big picture. With that in mind, we offer up the most important lessons learned from the early fundraising hauls, along with the questions still to be answered.

LESSONS LEARNED:

1. Joe Sestak has work to do. The fact that the Democratic Senate hopeful full story

October 19, 2009 at 1:53 pm | Comments (14)

5 fun facts from the 3rd quarter

A few days after third quarter campaign finance reports were published, here’s a handful of interesting items that jumped out at us.

1. Why spend money when you’ve barely started running? Republican 7th District candidate Pat Meehan, only 16 days into his campaign when the third quarter closed Sept. 30, didn’t have to. The former U.S. Attorney spent a paltry $607, full story

October 19, 2009 at 11:00 am | Comments (1)

Another Toomey on the way

pa2010.com Central offers heartfelt congratulations to Republican Senate candidate Pat Toomey and his family, who announced Monday that Toomey’s wife Kris is pregnant with the family’s third child.

The baby is due in May, right around primary time.

“Our children always seem to come along during election time,” Kris Toomey wrote in a

October 19, 2009 at 10:20 am | Comments (1)

Luksik has raised almost $300K, spent most of it

In her underdog campaign to win the the Republican nomination for Senate, conservative activist Peg Luksik has brought in almost $300,000 during the cycle, sending most of it right back out the door, according to recent

October 18, 2009 at 12:41 am | Comments (0)

Specter camp seizes on opponents’ fundraising numbers

Senator Arlen Specter’s campaign on Thursday sought to portray the Senate contest as a money race heading strongly in its direction, saying that the “wind [is] out of the sails” for primary opponent Joe Sestak and that Republican Pat Toomey is on a “spending binge.”

The comments from campaign manager Christopher Nicholas were in response to full story

October 15, 2009 at 5:38 pm | Comments (18)