Good Friday afternoon politicos, here’s hoping that your holiday week was enjoyable and relaxing. It was a less than hectic week in politics, and here are those that stood out above (or below) the rest.
Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz. Obama is stopping in Pittsburgh today, where Govs. (and Romney surrogates) Pawlenty and Jindal will also appear. Fewer voters have proper IDs than anticipated by the Corbett administration, and a pro-Romney super PAC buys up $7.2M in Olympic ad time.
Three plaintiffs, represented by Latino Justice, are suing over the use of the 2001 district lines. They allege the lines are a violation of the one person, one vote doctrine, and have requested a special election to remedy the unconstitutional effects of the upcoming elections.
Restore Our Future purchased a $7.2 million ad buy to air during the London Olympics. The ad will likely highlight Romney’s prominent role is saving the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games.
Rep. Tim Murphy blasted Obama’s economic record a day before the President is scheduled to make a campaign stop in Pittsburgh. Murphy spoke at a press conference Thursday morning at the Republican Committee of Allegheny County headquarters in Greentree.
More Pennsylvania voters – and Philadelphia voters in particular – lack PennDOT ID cards. It is estimated that 9.2 percent (or, more than 758,000) of the state’s 8.2 million voters, and nearly 1 in 5 Philadelphia voters, do not have the photo ID they will need to vote in November.
Two of Mitt Romney’s top surrogates will travel to Pittsburgh to welcome President Obama there. Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota are holding a rally on Friday.
Good morning politicos, we hope you enjoyed your holiday. Here’s the Buzz. Biden was in Scranton this week, Obama is coming to Pittsburgh Friday, and Govs. Pawlenty and Jindal will be there to welcome him.
Vice President Joe Biden paid a visit to his native Scranton Tuesday evening, delivering a speech before the city’s fireworks display. He spoke not of President Obama nor his Republican opponent Mitt Romney, not on the election of any of its hot button issues, but of his hometown roots.
In political reporting, it’s common to receive an email offering some tidbit off the record or not for attribution. So far this cycle, there isn’t a race in the state where the practice is more frequent than in the 18th district campaign between Tim Murphy and Larry Maggi. Here’s the latest.
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