Read Brad Bumsted’s entire column in the Tribune-Review here:

The Trib has obtained an exclusive copy of a letter from Allegheny County Chief Executive Dan Onorato, the Democrats’ nominee for governor, to fellow Democrat Gov. Ed Rendell, who is entering the final four months of his second term. Onorato faces Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett in the November general election.

Dear Ed:

I can’t thank you enough for all your help. Having your people assist my fundraising, along with the right word from you here or there, helped me raise millions of dollars.

It was a stroke of genius in July 2009, while declaring your neutrality in the Democrat primary, that you stated I would “probably be our next governor.”