The GOP knocks Schwartz over CHIP, Kathleen Kane responds to Daryl Metcalfe, and transportation funding is still in limbo. Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz.

Updated with Kane’s Response: Dems Rally to Kane As Metcalfe Threatens Impeachment: And it’s a doozy. As outspoken conservative state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe prepares to impeach her over her refusal to defend the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, Democrats are rallying around Attorney General Kathleen Kane.

GOP Knocks Schwartz Over Obamacare Changes to CHIP: Republicans, upset that the Affordable Care Act will push many the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program recipients into Medicaid, are blaming Rep. Schwartz.

The Long and Winding Road to Transit Funding Continues: Stalled out on prevailing wage, Senate Bill 1 sits in the House waiting for a vote that could provide $2.5 billion to transportation funding in the Commonwealth.

Reader Poll: If Corbett doesn’t run, who should GOP nominate?: Our latest reader poll asks hypothetically who the GOP should nominate for Governor if Tom Corbett didn’t run for re-election.

Reader Poll: Sestak Should be Dem’s Senate Nominee in 2016: The results of our latest readers poll show respondents think the former Congressman should be the Democrats’ choice to take on Senator Pat Toomey.

Review: Bumsted’s “Keystone Corruption”: Turnpike Commissioner Egidio Cerelli said of his conviction: “It happened 100 years ago. It will happen 100 years from now.” The sentiment could well serve as the central thesis of Brad Bumsted’s new book Keystone Corruption.

Statewide
AP: PA auditor general critical of $1 million voter ID TV ads
PA Independent: AFL-CIO calls for public action against prevailing wage changes in transportation bill, but negotiations continue
StateImpactPA: Carbon emissions from U.S. energy sector decline, global increase continues
Capitolwire: Gillespie says transportation deal has more than 102 House votes
State House Sound Bites: Casey calls for lower taxes for small breweries

Philadelphia
Inquirer: Corbett to sign bill allowing doctors to apologize
WHYY Newsworks: After Pa. couple discovers plan to drill on unleased land, energy company cancels permit
WHYY Newsworks: Republicans for gay marriage
WHYY Newsworks: Obama’s embarrassing website, in perspective
WHYY Newsworks: Isn’t Congress already enough of a joke?
Phillynow.com: Explained: Is Kane’s impeachment for same-sex marriage support possible?
KYW Newsradio: Lt. Gov. Cawley discharged from after night in hospital

SEPA
Montgomery News: State Rep. Madeleine Dean holds town hall in Upper Dublin to discuss the Affordable Care Act
Daily Times: Democratic Delco council candidates: No debate without full slates
Bucks Local News: Callista and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich at Doylestown Bookshop Oct. 22 for autograph signing
Times Herald: Pennsylvania Department of Education offers school grants

Pittsburgh
Tribune Review: Allegheny County Council seeks help for troubled August Wilson Center
Tribune Review: Lawmaker seeks supporters for effort to impeach Attorney General Kane
Tribune Review: Wrangling over state transportation bill moves to November
Post-Gazette: Website launches to recruit for next Pittsburgh mayoral administration, combat patronage
Post-Gazette: Foundations to help next city administration recruit top officials
Early Returns: Occupy Fitzgerald
Early Returns: Cawley hospitalized, “doing good”

Southwest
Beaver County Times: Environmental groups file suit against EPA
Beaver County Times: Marcellus Shale Coalition names new president
Observer-Reporter: Residents express concerns about school property
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: How Richland supervisors aim to combat stormwater runoff issues

NEPA
Times-Tribune: Casey announces support of lawsuit seeking justice for scammed elderly
The Times Leader: Judge backs PPL line project for approval

South Central
York Dispatch: Government lifts risk rating at TMI
Harrisburg Patriot News: Meet the candidates: Voters guide to the 2013 municipal election
Harrisburg Patriot News: Mixed bag on Pennsylvania transportation talks: no agreement yet, but talks will continue
Harrisburg Patriot News: Attorney General Kathleen Kane fires back at Rep. Daryl Metcalfe for his call for her impeachment
Harrisburg Patriot News: Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley released from hospital
Harrisburg Patriot News: Bill to curb educator sexual misconduct with students advances in Pa. House
Harrisburg Patriot News: Sen. Bob Casey proposes tax break for small brewers of beer, tours Troegs
Harrisburg Patriot News: Pa. Capitol goes to the dogs to draw attention to pet protection bills

Lehigh Valley
Morning Call: Allentown region’s main airport sells land for $9.6 million
Morning Call: Pa. gaming chief: No Internet gambling here anytime soon
Morning Call: House passes health care apology bill
Reading Eagle: Home sales up in Berks year over year
Reading Eagle: Reading may not cut commuter tax or earned-income tax

North by Northwest
Sun-Gazette: Police must be careful in arrests
Sun-Gazette: Union reform sought
Sun-Gazette: Planners OK turning convent into apartments
Daily Times: State College council approves $450,000 contract for video surveillance cameras
Daily Times: Moshannon Valley business explores the otherworldly

Opinions
Post-Gazette: PR can’t help: Pittsburghers know the mayor’s record too well
Harrisburg Patriot News: Is this any way for a modern state to pick its judges?
York Daily Record: Obama must give Gettysburg Address
Pottstown Mercury: Pa. roads funding once again hostage to special interest
Daily Times: Cell phone ban for teen drivers needed
Daily Local News: Ex-state Supreme Court justice turned criminal shows why ‘creative’ sentences should be avoided

Blogs
Commonwealth Foundation: Podcast: Teachers on Union Exploitation – Part 2
Commonwealth Foundation: Voters Support Education Reform
Above Average Jane: White House Interns with PA Ties
Keystone Politics: Is the Shutdown Backlash Going to Cost the GOP the House?
Keystone Politics: Paranoid Carlisle Mayor Weirdly Accuses Tim Scott of Wearing an Earpiece in Debate
Keystone Politics: The Most Racist Districts Opposed Ending the Shutdown
Keystone Politics: Allyson Schwartz Answers the Keystone Politics Issue Questionnaire
Keystone Politics: Enrolling CHIP Beneficiaries in Medicaid Will Improve Access to Care, Lower Prices
Keystone Politics: Former Congressman Chris Carney Backs Critz for Lt. Gov.
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Stoffa Vetoes McClure Madness
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Kutzler: It’s a Walk Down The Hall
Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Another County Sells Its Nursing Home