Whatever one thinks of Governor Tom Corbett, almost everyone agrees the few remaining days before the legislature’s summer recess will be the critical testing point of his gubernatorial tenure.
The 2012 cycle yielded the lowest number and percentage of major party Pennsylvania U.S. House members from the state’s winning presidential candidate since the birth of the two-party system in 1828.
Ultimately, the Penn State scandal, in all of its guises, is about us; our most cherished hopes, our deepest fears and our highest values. We care about it because it threatens those hopes, triggers those fears and attacks those values. That’s why it won’t go away soon or quietly.
If Marjorie Margolies returns to Congress after a 20 years, Smart Politics finds she would join a very short list of Pa. Representatives to return from such a long absence.
Attorney and elections observer Dave Wassel looks at today’s primary race in Pittsburgh for historical parallels – and predictions on what each candidate needs to have done to win.
Madonna and Young assess Pennsylvania’s changing cultural values and the shift away from traditional views on social issues.
If Sestak wins the 2016 Democratic nomination he will be the first major party candidate to secure a rematch in a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate race in the popular vote era, writes guest commentator Eric Ostermeier of the University of Minnesota.
Madonna and Young reassess Senator Pat Toomey’s role in the gun debate and the future of the GOP in Pennsylvania.
In this column, Madonna and Young weigh in on the failure to reach a national consensus regarding gun control.
Common Cause Pennsylvania’s Barry Kaufman critiques Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi’s proposal to change the way electoral votes are allocated.
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