Pat Toomey has a couple of potential 2012 Presidential candidates on the trail with him today, Rep. Tim Murphy has gotten a lot of press in the last 24 hours about the Pledge of Allegiance fiasco at his debate and Gov. Rendell and Mayor Bloomberg are providing some last minute help to Dan Onorato and Joe Sestak. Good Friday morning and welcome to the Buzz, look for Up & Down this afternoon and election updates throughout the weekend.
On the trail
Tom Corbett will be in York meeting voters.
Dan Onorato will spend most of the day in Philadelphia (including an endorsement by the Black Clergy) but he will end the day in Reading.
First, Joe Sestak will do an event with Sen. Casey in Dunmore. In the afternoon, Sestak will receive the endorsement of the Black Clergy in Philadelphia. Then, he will head to Elkins Park, Warminster and Chester.
Pat Toomey is having a rally with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour in Reading. Then the four of them will head to Lititz for a rally. Toomey will then have a rally in Altoona before he joins Lt. Gov candidate Jim Cawley, Tim Burns (GOP candidate in 12th district) and Keith Rothfus (GOP candidate in the 4th district) in Murrysville for a rally.
Gov. Rendell will be campaigning for Democrats in Philadelphia in the morning.
Manan Trivedi will be campaigning with Gov. Rendell in Phoenixville, East Norriton, and Coatesville in the afternoon.
Rep. Patrick Murphy will be campaigning with the Governor in Levittown to end the day.
PoliticsPA Reports
PoliticsPA: To counter GOP lead in polls, Dems bring big guns to Pa.
PoliticsPA: Profile of Shawn Kelly, Communications Coordinator, Lou Barletta for Congress
Today’s Headlines
Early Returns: Following the money
Inquirer: Pa. Cash Surge Grows As Election Nears
Politico: DCCC putting last minute money into Patrick Murphy and Bryan Lentz’s war chests
Inquirer: Former President Bill Clinton attends Philadelphia-area rallies in support of Sestak
Times-News: Clinton Supports Dahlkemper, Onorato at Erie Rally
Times-Tribune: Toomey Takes Aim at Sestak at Rally on Thursday
PhillyClout: Ridge With Onorato, Not Corbett, On Gas Tax Plan
Times-Tribune: Luzerne County Commissioners back Onorato’s gas severence tax plan
Tribune-Review: Gov. Rendell gives Onorato campaign $275,000
Inquirer: New York’s Bloomberg funds ad attacking Corbett on ‘Florida Loophole’
StateCollege.com: Of Onorato, Penn State and Pitt: Campaign Addresses Football Brouhaha
Morning Call/Muhlenberg Tracking Poll: Toomey up by 5; Corbett up by 14
Post-Gazette: Pledge incites Peters debate
Early Returns: Video of what happened
Some background on the story from 2 Political Junkies (h/t Early Returns)
Times-Tribune: Barletta, Kanjorski spar as contest winds down
Inquirer: In Pa., Meehan-Lentz House race turns to expenses
Today’s Opinions
Patriot-News: Why aren’t America’s wars a bigger part of the 2010 campaign
Post-Gazette: Taking the pledge: A tempest in a teacup at a Peters debate
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