The six men running to be the state’s next governor took equal aim last night at the government that they hope to lead, painting Pennsylvania as a state where it is tough to find a job and run a business.
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Candidates running against the state?
Friday, March 5th, 2010Slow start to Pa. gubernatorial primary races
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Berwood Yost, director of the Center for Opinion Research at Franklin and Marshall College, said the quiet was almost eerie. “I guess it’s kind of the silent phase of the campaign,” he said.
Daily News: Corbett’s reform platform could use a boost
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Since Corbett has grabbed headlines as a corruption-busting prosecutor — the attorney general has charged more than two dozen state officials with fraud and theft — we expected the plan to call for sweeping changes. But so far the proposals can be described as modest at best.
PoliticsPA’s Up & Down: 2/19 Edition
Friday, February 19th, 2010In this week’s Up & Down, Pennsylvania politicians do battle with the media (especially in Pittsburgh), AG Tom Corbett flip-flops, and a House Republican starts a “Beer Revolution.”
ON BACKGROUND: Toomey’s interesting decision, Rohrer’s transparency and Corbett on reform
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Every week, PoliticsPA will give you a taste of the buzz, rumors and gossip floating around Pennsylvania’s political wags. This week we talk Toomey’s non-endorsement decision, Sam Rohrer putting an exact number on his fundraising goal, Corbett’s reform plan and why all efforts to find candidates to replace John Murtha might be for not.
PoliticsPA: Rohrer, Corbett camp throw post-debate verbal jabs
Sunday, February 14th, 2010HARRISBURG — GOP gubernatorial candidates Sam Rohrer and Tom Corbett might have remained cordial toward each other during a Friday night debate at the state Republican Party’s winter meeting, but behind the scenes, the two men and their campaigns didn’t hesitate trade a few verbal barbs.
PoliticsPA: Corbett receives endorsement; Rohrer undeterred
Saturday, February 13th, 2010Attorney General Tom Corbett won the state GOP endorsement over primary foe Sam Rohrer Saturday morning, a decision that appeared a forgone conclusion for most of the last year.
The attorney general emerged as the front-runner following his surprisingly easy re-election victory in 2008, and he has forced two Republican candidates to bow out of the gubernatorial race, former U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan and U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach.
PoliticsPA: Corbett, Rohrer keep close on policy during debate
Friday, February 12th, 2010HARRISBURG — The two GOP gubernatorial candidates espoused a similar limited-government, reduced-taxes message Friday night at the state Republican Party winter meeting, with each saying state government needed to create a less hostile business climate for the economy to rebound.
PoliticsPA: Rohrer, Corbett criticize Rendell’s budget plan
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Pennsylvania’s two Republican candidates Tuesday criticized Governor Ed Rendell’s budget proposal because they said the spending plan would add burdensome taxes during an already difficult economy.
The governor proposed increasing spending by $1.15 billion next fiscal year, from about $27.8 billion to $29 billion, in a budget that did not call for any tax increases. But he also outlined a plan to begin saving money for the state’s looming multi-billion shortfall in the coming years, a proposal that creates a reserve account funded by an array of tax hikes.
PoliticsPA: Morganelli says Onorato supported Corbett in 2008; others disagree
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Former Democratic Attorney General candidate John Morganelli said Thursday that Dan Onorato, the party’s gubernatorial front-runner, secretly supported a Republican during the 2008 attorney general’s race.
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