Comments on: EXCLUSIVE: Hoeffel will run for governor

By: m1

m1 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:47:49 +0000

As went New Jersey, so goes Pennsylvania. The American voters are sick of the all the failed, shove down your throat, job killing, liberally derranged ideas progressives are touting.Higher Taxes, Intrusions in the private lives of people. we will not vote for any progressive, not happy with republicans either. The person that will win will be conservative with taxpayer dollars. Kitchen Table issues.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:04:22 +0000

Hey Lee
Are you aware that BonusGate isn’t even over?
Just wait Lee.

By: Lee Levan

Lee Levan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:06:54 +0000

” We need a prosecutor to clean up the state.”

GOPHAWK, Don’t you mean to prosecute Democrats only (as he did in “Bonusgate”?

By: GOPHAWK

GOPHAWK — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:52:13 +0000

Our prosecutor just ate up a Hoeffel like opponent in the state and the Philly suburbs last year. You people have got to learn that the rest of the state – and that includes most suburban voters – does not buy this Hoeffel kid. We tried him a few years ago and sent him back with his bottom spanked but good. Our GOP message is: if we would not send him to Washington, what makes you think we would trust him in Harrisburg? We need a prosecutor to clean up the state.

By: terrie m

terrie m — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:02:59 +0000

Steelersfan, I know you like Wagner and there is some interesting stuff in the poll for you. When the pollsters look at favorables, Wagner is tops at 29% positive. That finding is buried in there as a little nugget.

They also ask a second time who people will vote for after a brief positive statement. You ought to go read the positives. Hoeffel’s reads a little differently than the others — more like a policy list for the future without identifying Joe through his biography or actual work in Congress or as County Commissioner – while the other four candidates are described in more biographical and accomplishment oriented terms. However, the statements contain no negative attacks so they are just the positive messages.

There is some bad news for your other pet peeve, Dan Onorato. After they read these positive descriptions of the five potential candidates. Hoeffel goes up to 23, Wagner goes up to 18 and Knox to 12. Doherty goes to 6. Even though they don’t mention the beer tax or any other negative, Onorato actually loses ground going down to 11. I thought you would enjoy that.

By: steelersfan

steelersfan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:32:36 +0000

The more crowded the race gets, the less chance that Onorato will run. The corporate interests pulling his strings had a simple idea: muscle people out and declare him the front runner based on cash alone. Well, now we have a string of polls that say people want a campaign. They want to hear people say what they have done and what they are going to do. The Onorato strategy plan has blown up. He is not the inevitable candidate.

If Dan the Taxing Man has to defend his tax hikes on working people, his sweetheart deals to his wealthy contributors, and his disastrous tunnel to nowhere, he will get clobbered. My prediction is that Onorato will not run and pocket the money for a future campaign.

By: Obamarox

Obamarox — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:19:08 +0000

Reverse math because they won’t release the full poll … 800 people: 400 people undecided (50%), 120 for Hoeffel (15%), 96 each for Wagner and Onorato (12% each), 48 for Doherty (6%) and 40(5%) for Knox … margin of error 28 people (3.5%) either way.

Just as in the GOP field and previous statewide surveys, this confirms that voters are not ready to make up their minds until they hear a campaign from the candidates.

I think that they should release the entire survey as part of a commitment to transparency. We need more openness in government and in campaigns. Release the questions and release the data. I know it won’t happen but that is how I feel.

By: WPA

WPA — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:38:42 +0000

Hoeffel splits the vote no question. It weakens knox and Doherty and helps Onorato because he’s got the money in a crowded field. Wagner may be the sleeper in this race.

By: Jon Geeting

Jon Geeting — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:00:05 +0000

I’m optimistic. The name recognition is key. The Sestak/Hoeffel primary is a sure thing in Southeast PA, certainly Philly.

By: Brian Kline

Brian Kline — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:26:42 +0000

With help from netroots activists touting a Sestak-Hoeffel progressive ticket, Hoeffel will become the first candidate to emerge from the crowded field. He is the candidate the Democratic base and the media have been waiting for all these months. His flirting over the summer has already forced Chris Doherty to open his campaign with a pro-choice position statement in hopes of winning over Southeast progressives.