For Bob Casey, being boring is a virtue. Aside a few oblique references to obstructionism in Washington, he doesn’t knock Republicans. At state committee this weekend and in general, Casey sticks to his jobs message.
Good morning politicos, and welcome to the buzz. Democrats met to endorse this weekend but settled on an open primary for Attorney General, as a new dynamic emerged for Republican candidates for U.S. Senate.
Tim Burns and Steve Welch turn their fire on each other as they vie for the GOP state committee endorsement. Plus, check out the results from today’s GOP straw polls. Updated with a copy of the Welch camp’s anti-Burns flier.
Democrats will have an open primary for the office of Attorney General. Campaigns failed to mustered the required two-thirds majority (212 of the 318 voting members) in order to clear an endorsement at the meeting of state committee Saturday.
Laureen Cummings, a nurse who founded the Scranton Tea Party, has dropped out of the Republican race for U.S. Senate. In a statement, she endorsed Washington County businessman and 2010 congressional candidate Tim Burns.
None of the candidates emerged as a clear winner of the Attorney General debate on Friday evening, hosted by the Pa. Democratic Women’s Caucus. Plus some committee chatter.
Chester County Treasurer Ann Duke has ended her bid for Auditor General, citing Governor Tom Corbett’s support for Pa. Rep. John Maher (R-Allegheny).
Congressman Mark Critz followed the example of his former boss, the late Congressman John Murtha, and announced the early endorsement of the United Mine Workers of America in the newly reconfigured 12th Congressional District on Friday.
The Attorney General race, the presidential contest, the farm show and Tim Tebow give us this week’s Ups & Downs.
The fiscal conservative group Club for Growth has rolled out two new ads as it continues its television buy against Rep. Tim Murphy. They appear to be part of the C4G’s original ad buy, announced in early January.
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