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)

AD WATCH: Health care hits and misses from conservative groups

In four recent TV ads targeting Pennsylvania Democrats, a pair of conservative groups have said the newly-enacted health care law makes massive Medicate cuts, raises taxes and risks seniors losing their doctors.

The health care overhaul’s effect on Medicare is a hotly debated subject infused with tension. After examining the facts, we find these four ads from the 60 Plus Association and Americans for Job Security to be only HALF-TRUE. A separate Americans for Job…

September 21, 2010 at 12:03 pm | Comments (3)

NRCC’s first ads target most competitive races

The Republican Party’s first slate of general election TV ads in Pennsylvania is coming to homes in the state’s four most competitive House districts.

The National Republican Congressional Committee on Saturday unveiled spots targeting Congressmen Patrick Murphy (D-8) and Paul Kanjorski, Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper, and 7th District candidate Bryan Lentz. In the cases of Dahlkemper and Lentz, the NRCC is taking to the airwaves before its candidates.

The ad against Lentz says the two-term state…

September 18, 2010 at 1:22 pm | Comments (7)

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)

AD WATCH: Kanjo’s Social Security stretch

Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) used pThere are certainly legitimate arguments to be made that GOP plans for Social Security aren’t the right way to go. But in making his attack on Barletta, Kanjorski is taking a route…

September 16, 2010 at 12:36 pm | Comments (3)

NEPA station won’t yank anti-Kanjo ad

A TV station in northeast Pennsylvania has turned downed pemThe Times-Tribune/em a href="http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/wnep-won-t-pull-anti-kanjorski-ad-1.1014183" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://thetimes-tribune.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fthetimes-tribune.com%2Fnews%2Fwnep-won-t-pull-anti-kanjorski-ad-1.1014183','reports')" target="_blank"reports/a that emWNEP-TV/em, the region’s top-rated station, will continue to air a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcn-_njM_Dc&feature=player_embedded" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.youtube.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Ddcn-_njM_Dc%26amp%3Bfeature%3Dplayer_embedded','the+ad+from+the+conservative-leaning+60+Plus+Association')" target="_blank">the ad from the conservative-leaning 60 Plus Association. Attorneys for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had asked that the ad…

September 16, 2010 at 9:10 am | Comments (1)

DCCC scales back NEPA ad buys

Democrats are slightly pulling back the TV help they’ll be giving to Congressmen Chris Carney (D-10) and Paul Kanjorski (D-11).

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has made some changes to its airtime reservations in northeast Pennsylvania, cutting off half-a-week’s worth of its planned TV buys in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre media market.

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September 15, 2010 at 8:50 am | Comments (5)

LEFTOVERS: Revisiting Toomey’s attack, endorsements, a live TV debate

A day after Republican Senate candidate

September 14, 2010 at 8:51 pm | Comments (0)

DCCC wants anti-Kanjo ad removed

Democrats are moving to have a third-party TV ad that attacks Congressman Paul Kanjorski (D-11) taken off the airwaves in northeast Pennsylvania.

Attorneys for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee wrote a letter to local TV stations late last week, saying the p“This advertisement is false, misleading and deceptive,” the DCCC lawyers wrote in a href="http://www.pa2010.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/DCCC-Legal-Letter-on-Ads.pdf" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.pa2010.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pa2010.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F09%2FDCCC-Legal-Letter-on-Ads.pdf','the+letter')" target="_blank"the letter/a. “We ask that you refuse to continue to air this advertisement.”/p
pWhile empa2010.com/em has yet to independently fact-check the ad, the 60 Plus Association defended its accuracy./p
p“They could try to spin this any way they like,” group spokesman Tom Kise told emThe Times-Tribune/em, which a href="http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/dems-ask-stations-to-remove-anti-kanjorski-ad-1.1010644" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://thetimes-tribune.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fthetimes-tribune.com%2Fnews%2Fdems-ask-stations-to-remove-anti-kanjorski-ad-1.1010644','first+reported+on+the+letter')" target="_blank">first reported on the letter. “But the fact remains Kanjorski voted for a health care bill that cost a trillion dollars, raises taxes and cuts Medicare.”

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September 14, 2010 at 9:21 am | Comments (0)

Barletta’s immigration law again knocked back in court

A federal appeals court on Thursday dealt the latest blow Hazleton’s strict immigration ordinance, as Republican Mayor Lou Barletta again found the issue on which he built a national political profile pushed back by judges.

The court ruled that Hazleton cannot enforce its law seeking to fine landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and deny permits to companies that employ them. The law has never been enforced, and after being enacted in 2006, it was…

September 9, 2010 at 10:13 pm | Comments (4)