Sestak responds to Specter camp brouhaha over salaries

March 1, 2010 at 7:40 pm

For anyone waiting to see what issues might help determine the outcome of the Democratic Senate primary this spring, Round One is now up for your consideration.

The race between Senator Arlen Specter and Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) has grown markedly more nasty over the issue of campaign staffers and what they’re paid.

On Monday, a several-days-long public relations skirmish escalated when Sestak fired back at Specter’s allegations that the salaries Sestak pays…

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Peg Luksik: Grassroots underdog with a bite

February 4, 2010 at 12:05 pm

At the New York Post, Pat Toomey is being called the catalyst for a rising revolt in Pennsylvania. Maybe that’s because Toomey has tried to paint himself as a moderate Republican during his U.S. Senate race.

But maybe the effectiveness of his message could be in doubt.

These are the days of populist anger and Tea Party momentum, a vein Toomey might have a tougher time tapping.

Northumberland County Republicans pulled…

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Dem leader says Sestak should pull a Gerlach

January 21, 2010 at 3:40 pm

A funny thing happened on the way to interpreting results of the new Rasmussen poll that has Democratic Senator Arlen Specter trailing Republican Pat Toomey,  49-40 percent: Pennsylvania Democratic Party chairman T.J. Rooney made case for Congressman Joe Sestak (D-7) to drop out of the Democratic primary against Specter.

Rooney talked what a “good Democrat” is and said it would be “travesty to lose [Sestak] in Congress. This doesn’t seem to be the…

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Sestak says there’s plenty of upside

January 11, 2010 at 9:00 pm

As Joe Sestak prepared to take to the steps of Pittsburgh City Hall to get some endorsements Monday, Arlen Specter was quick to remind us that he’s already got more than two dozen area Democrats in his camp. Specter’s campaign reminded us that folks such as former State Treasurer Barbara Hafer, Allegheny County Controller Mark Patrick Flaherty, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Vice Chair Jean Milko, former Pittsburgh Mayor Sophie Masloff and 24 other party leaders help…

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Holden may get challenge from his own party, too

January 11, 2010 at 4:15 pm

For Republicans, the time is right to mount a challenge against incumbent Congressman Tim Holden (R-17), who they charge is “too liberal” to represent a district that went for John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.

Maybe. Or maybe not, considering that Democratic strategists hardly put Holden’s seat on the endangered list this fall.

But there could be a new twist for Holden. There’s been some serious grumbling that Holden, the Blue Dog Democrat who…

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Robo-calls will link Tim Holden to Nancy Pelosi

December 22, 2009 at 12:12 pm

Here come the robo-calls against Blue Dog Democrat Tim Holden.

The former Schuykill County sheriff who has safely held his House seat despite his district being predominantly Republican may be feeling the heat in 2010.

The National Republican Congressional Committee is set to issue robo-calls against Holden starting Tuesday. NRCC spokesman Tory Mazzola said Monday that the robo-calls will link Holden to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who the GOP hopes will raise the ire of already irate…

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Gerlach scoring points on the campaign trail

November 24, 2009 at 12:55 pm

In Jim Gerlach’s address to the Pennsylvania Press Club, the congressman showed some energy and conviction when he spouted some Republican Party talking points about limited government, economic development and tax reform.

And while it’s tough to be enamored with a guy who told a story about how dentists and doctors did not charge his mother for medical care after Gerlach’s father was killed by a drunk driver and yet voted…

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Dems & Gerlach not convinced Corbett has sealed the deal

November 17, 2009 at 8:00 am

Some have argued that Tom Corbett has buried critics who charge he is making political gain out of his prosecution of state lawmakers and legislative aides. Corbett’s indictment of 10 Republicans last week was “the answer” to the 12 Dems arrested in 2008, this logic goes.

End of story on partisan politics, maybe, but not the end of charges of conflict-of-interest and political gain. On Monday, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman T.J. Rooney told…

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Props to Toomey’s press release writer

October 20, 2009 at 10:13 pm

Colorful writing is greatly appreciated in the realm of political press releases. And on that note, we give serious kudos to Pat Pat Toomey’s campaign spokesperson, Nachama Soloveichik, a very smart and on-point political operative.

Soloveichik issues some of the most timely and effective responses to news pertaining to the 2010 Senate race, especially in regards to the two Democratic primary opponents.

This week, Soloveichik conjured images of Joe Sestak and Arlen Specter as radical,…

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Jack Wagner requests that you stop underestimating his desire—and ability—to become governor

October 9, 2009 at 12:10 pm

We stepped into it a little bit by suggesting that Jack Wagner has not displayed the kind of fiery rhetoric or scripted campaign march commiserate with a man who racked up more votes than Barack Obama in Pennsylvania last November.

Also, there is the issue of cash on hand. Can Jack raise the dough, which he might do a little of tonight at the Slovak Club in Armstrong County?

At any rate, it …

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