LEFTOVERS: Fundraising pleas, NRCC lifts Fitzpatrick, Biden/Pelosi details

It was the last day of the FEC fundraising quarter on Wednesday, which meant the typical batch of last-minute pleas from candidates seeking cash.

The morning started with an e-mail from Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz (D-13) on behalf of Manan Trivedi, the Democratic candidate in the 6th District. Schwartz had backed Trivedi’s opponent Doug Pike in the May primary, but now she was going to bat for Trivedi. “This district has been a challenge over these…

June 30, 2010 at 5:29 pm | Comments (7)

EXCLUSIVE: Biden, Pelosi to headline Philly event for Lentz & DCCC

Two of the country’s top Democrats are heading to Philadelphia to raise some cash for House candidates, and Bryan Lentz will be raking in some of that money.

Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be headlining a fundraiser July 19, according to Democrats familiar with the event. The proceeds will be split between Lentz’s campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, though the exact nature of that split remains unclear. Some…

June 28, 2010 at 11:00 am | Comments (9)

Critz lukewarm (at best) on Obama

With President Obama suffering from low approval ratings in the 12th Congressional District, Democrat Mark Critz seems decidedly coy about whether it wants—or even asked for—Obama’s support.

The president’s backing is, of course, assumed, as the head of the Democratic Party for which Critz is trying to hold the seat left open by the late John Murtha.

Nevertheless, when asked by The Hill whether the campaign had Obama’s endorsement, a campaign…

May 5, 2010 at 10:45 am | Comments (1)

Sestak to Biden: Smack Specter ‘right square in the chops’

Back in 2008, then-vice presidential candidate Joe Biden had a warning about the kind of “Swiftboat” attacks that helped derail John Kerry’s presidential hopes. “Swiftboating is not going to work this time, and the reason it’s not is, number one, I’m going to smack ‘em right square in the chops,” Biden said at the time.

Now, Democrat Joe Sestak wants Biden to apply that same logic to Arlen Specter.

Sestak on Thursday wrote a letter…

April 22, 2010 at 2:40 pm | Comments (59)

LEFTOVERS: Biden’s visit for Critz, MoveOn targets Dent, Dems serve up ‘ToomeyFacts’

Looks like Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to campaign for Democrat Mark Critz in the 12th Congressional District is set. Politico reports that the veep will be in Pittsburgh next Friday to headline a fundraiser for the longtime John Murtha aide. If you want to go, be ready to pony up the $250 donation, or you can max out at $4,800 for a “photo reception.”

Meanwhile, the liberal group MoveOn.org is…

April 12, 2010 at 7:24 pm | Comments (2)

Biden reportedly to stump for Critz

The Democrats’ special election candidate in the 12th Congressional District is about to get some vice presidential help.

Nervous about the race to succeed John Murtha, the Obama administration is sending Joe Biden to campaign for Mark Critz later this month, Politico reports. It remains unclear exactly when and where Biden will appear in the southwest Pennsylvania district.

The Politico report also reveals other ways in which national party leaders are…

April 6, 2010 at 7:01 pm | Comments (7)

Biden to stump for Callahan next month

It was the White House that helped convince Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan to run in the 15th Congressional District, and now it’s pitching in for the effort.

Vice President Joe Biden will come to the district April 15 to campaign for Callahan’s bid against incumbent Republican Charlie Dent, Callahan’s campaign announced Wednesday.

“I am honored to have the support of Vice President Biden here in the Lehigh Valley,” Callahan said in a statement.  “The Vice…

March 17, 2010 at 3:34 pm | Comments (3)

Biden: ‘We need Arlen’

Vice President Joe Biden continued to stump for Senator Arlen Specter Monday night, crediting with helping to avert a second Great Depression and imploring Pennsylvania voters to send the Republican-turned-Democrat back to Washington for another term.

“The fact of the matter is we would not be about to even begin the kind of recovery that we are about [to begin], that we want, were it not for the fact that Arlen Specter put his career…

October 20, 2009 at 9:30 am | Comments (8)

Biden keeps up the push for Specter

Vice President Joe Biden will once again be in Pennsylvania later this month to raise money for Senator Arlen Specter’s reelection.

Specter told supporters in an e-mail Thursday that Biden would appear at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh on Oct. 19.

Coming on the heels of his recent appearance in Bucks County and President Obama’s showing in Philadelphia last month, the schedule shows the administration’s continuing commitment to Specter’s campaign.

October 8, 2009 at 12:25 pm | Comments (2)

Biden reportedly set to headline Specter fundraiser next month

Continuing the Obama administration’s political support of Senator Arlen Specter, Vice President Joe Biden will be in Pittsburgh Oct. 19 to tee of a fundraiser for Specter’s reelection, The Morning Call reports.

The event will come just over a month after President Obama spoke at a fundraiser for Specter this week. Specter is also trying to get Biden—who was instrumental in convincing the longtime senator to switch parties—to attend in event…

September 17, 2009 at 11:17 am | Comments (4)