Bellwether in the 8th

September 2, 2010 at 11:19 pm

Hotline identifies the 8th Congressional District as one of its five national bellwether House races.

Check it out.

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Congratulations, Alex

September 2, 2010 at 12:25 pm

I’d like to offer an enthusiastic congratulation to Alex Roarty, my buddy, former colleague and sometimes-friendly competitor.

Alex, who has been the heart and soul of PoliticsPA for over a year and is one heck of a reporter, was just hired by the National Journal, He’ll start work in Washington toward the end of the month.

Congratulations, Alex. You deserve it.

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LEFTOVERS: Onorato on the shale, a cancellation in the 3rd, Critz on Simpson

September 1, 2010 at 11:07 pm

Another day, another news conference for Democrat Dan Onorato to hammer gubernatorial rival Tom Corbett.

This time Onorato was in Harrisburg talking up his plan for getting all that natural gas out of the Marcellus Shale—and talking down Corbett’s plan. The main difference between the two? Onorato supports a severance tax on the drilling companies, Corbett doesn’t. Corbett’s support for what’s been called “voluntary” drilling standards; his opposition to limiting new drilling in state forests;…

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A timing correction

September 1, 2010 at 2:57 pm

This was a pretty stupid error to make. As usual, a reminder that you can always view all our corrections and clarifications by clicking on the Corrections tag.

•The headline accompanying an article Wednesday about Democrat Bryan Lentz’s contribution to Republican Rick Santorum’s campaign misstated the year in which the donation was made. As the article noted, it was in 2000, not 2006.

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LEFTOVERS: Another poll, fact-checking Crossroads, NRCC on Kelly

August 31, 2010 at 5:28 pm

While we were reading through the details of Rasmussen’s latest Senate poll Tuesday, another survey slipped by us.

The good folks at Reuters and the research shop Ipsos got together and also polled the race. Their survey found Republican Pat Toomey leading Democrat Joe Sestak by 10 points, 47 percent to 37 percent. That’s a lead four points larger than Rasmussen showed. Toomey’s edge is smaller among…

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LEFTOVERS: Sestak & earmarks, Casey does SEPA, Marino on tape

August 30, 2010 at 7:23 pm

Democrat Joe Sestak found himself under new scrutiny on that pesky subject of earmarks Monday, after The Morning Call reported that money Sestak earmarked for a non-profit foundation could instead end up benefiting a for-profit wind energy company.

At issue is $350,000 requested for the Thomas Paine Foundation, money to develop a new prototype, offshore wind turbine. The money was never actually appropriated, but long story short, the head of the…

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Lentz camp goes hypocritical… to cry hypocrisy?

August 27, 2010 at 11:00 am

A simple campaign press release had never made my jaw literally drop—until I saw what Democrat Bryan Lentz’s campaign laid on my table recently.

“Lentz Campaign Calls For Meehan to Try and Win Votes with Ideas, Not Courts,” the headline screamed.

This is, of course, a reference to the fact that Republican Pat Meehan’s campaign in the 7th Congressional District has spearheaded a ballot challenge against Jim Schneller, the…

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LEFTOVERS: More F&M numbers, CQ forecasts, Onorato on revenue

August 26, 2010 at 4:56 pm

The Franklin & Marshall College poll released Thursday didn’t just show Republicans leading in both of Pennsylvania’s statewide races. The survey also contained a litany of troubling data points for Democrats a couple months before Election Day.

Among the troublesome signs for Democrats:

•Almost 60 percent of Pennsylvanians say the state is heading in the wrong direction, while the 30 percent of residents who say things are moving in the right…

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Corrections and clarifications

August 26, 2010 at 6:30 am

It’s time for an overdue corrections column. A reminder that you can always view all of our corrections and clarifications by clicking on the Corrections tag.

•An article and corresponding headline on Aug. 23 about spending in the Senate race misleadingly described how much money the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will spend. It has made ad buys and airtime reservations totaling about $4.4 million, but it has not committed itself to…

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LEFTOVERS: Corbett hits back, CQ on Kanjo cash, endorsements & jobs in the 6th

August 25, 2010 at 9:12 pm

The nonstop tax attacks from Democrat Dan Onorato must finally be getting under gubernatorial rival Tom Corbett’s skin, because his campaign, which ordinarily doesn’t seem so concerned with winning the daily news cycle, is starting to throw a couple punches back here or there.

After Onorato spent a second consecutive day hitting Corbett on the subject of taxes, Corbett’s campaign e-mailed reporters a list Wednesday of all…

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