Hearing crickets, Murphy says he likes ‘long walks on the beach’

Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8) had a news conference last week in Washington to hype his newly-enacted legislation to cut wasteful spending. But apparently reporters weren’t too interested—or at least not interested enough to ask questions.

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July 26, 2010 at 10:52 am | Comments (6)

GOPers hits Dems anew over Rangel cash

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July 26, 2010 at 9:37 am | Comments (1)

Murphy looks to claim toughness mantle on immigration

With immigration increasingly in the Washington spotlight, Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8) is looking to position himself as the candidate who’s tough on illegal immigration. And he’s using

July 20, 2010 at 10:00 am | Comments (5)

Murphy has $1.7M in the bank

Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8) raised more than half-a-million dollars in May and June, finishing the period with about $1.7 million in the bank, according to newly filed pMurphy is now enjoying a healthy cash advantage over Republican Mike Fitzpatrick, who finished June with a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/07/fitzpatrick-raises-another-350k/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F07%2Ffitzpatrick-raises-another-350k%2F','about+%24664%2C000+in+cash+on+hand')" target="_blank"about $664,000 in cash on hand/a. He has rebuilt his campaign coffers almost to where they were in the fall of 2008, before he went on a a href="http://www.pa2010.com/2010/06/murphys-missing-millions/" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fmurphys-missing-millions%2F','late-campaign+spending+spree')" target="_blank">late-campaign spending spree to win a second term.

Murphy has raised $2.6 million since winning that second term.

July 16, 2010 at 12:14 pm | Comments (5)

Fitzpatrick raises another $350K

Republican Mike Fitzpatrick continued to raise money at a solid clip over the last two months, collecting almost $352,000 for his campaign to recapture the seat he lost in 2006.

Fitzpatrick has now raised about $925,000 for his bid against Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8), according to newly filed

July 15, 2010 at 1:58 pm | Comments (3)

Murphy’s missing million

A month before Election Day in 2008, Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8) was comfortably sitting on more than $2.2 million in campaign cash. His path to a second term had eased considerably after an economic collapse shifted the focus of his race against Republican Tom Manion from the Iraq War to pocketbook issues. But Murphy wasn’t taking any chances, and he spent more than $1 million on TV in the closing days of the race—including

June 29, 2010 at 9:30 am | Comments (14)

Libertarian hopeful in the 8th says he’s here to stay

Eric Wisener says he’s not “delusional” about his chances at winning the race in the 8th Congressional District as a libertarian. But things have gotten too out of hand, he says, to sit this one out.

“I can’t stand where things are,” Wisener told pa2010.com in a recent interview. “The government has gotten involved in things it never should have gotten involved in.”

The 43-year-old actor and advertising executive was nominated as the Libertarian Party’s…

June 28, 2010 at 12:06 pm | Comments (5)

Murphy agrees with prez on McChrystal firing

The first Iraq War veteran elected to Congress says he agrees with President Obama’s decision to fire his top general in Afghanistan.

That was the message from Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8) on Monday morning, when he told Fox29 that it was the “right move” for Obama to fire General Stanley McChrystal in the wake of disparaging comments McChrystal and his staff made to Rolling Stone.

“You can’t have a general criticizing our allies,” Murphy said.…

June 28, 2010 at 10:39 am | Comments (2)

Murphy stays in house for finance team

After

June 28, 2010 at 7:30 am | Comments (0)

Actor running as libertarian in 8th District

The two candidates in the 8th Congressional District might have some company in the November election: a Bristol-based actor who co-founded an advertising and publicity firm and now wants to be the libertarian congressman from Pennsylvania.

Eric Wisener has launched

June 25, 2010 at 10:22 am | Comments (12)