Santorum Comes out Swinging
At a gathering of supporters yesterday on the Somerset County courthouse steps, Santorum announced that he is “ready to lead,” officially launching his campaign for the presidency.
At a gathering of supporters yesterday on the Somerset County courthouse steps, Santorum announced that he is “ready to lead,” officially launching his campaign for the presidency.
Santorum is in; environmentalists pour into Harrisburg; and home town boys make good in the big city.
Mark Harris, campaign manager for Pat Toomey’s successful bid for the United States Senate, and Matthew Weaver, whose direct mail expertise has benefitted a range of Democratic clients in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, were named to Campaigns & Elections Magazine’s prestigious Rising Stars list, the publication announced today.
Amid the red, white and blue balloons, the patriotic music and campaign fanfare, at least 30 of Rick Santorum’s Senate staffers were helping to organize and execute their former boss’s presidential announcement.
Santorum makes his big announcement today, Frank Ryan departs the Auditor General race, Dan McCaffery will join the Attorney General race, and our roundup of this weekend’s state committee meetings.
PoliticsPA checked in yesterday evening with a group of the Senator’s staffers and supporters as they prepped for today’s event at the Somerset County Courthouse.
The buzz of insider politicking has died down and the committee members have returned home. Here’s what happened at State Committee this weekend.
Frank Ryan, the conservative CPA who ran in PA-17 congressional primary last year, will not pursue a bid for PA Auditor General. His departure from the race leaves the GOP without an apparent candidate.
Attorney and former Philadelphia prosecutor Dan McCaffery will officially launch his bid soon, he wrote in an email to supporters that was obtained by PoliticsPA.
Senator Pat Toomey rounded out a three day trip to Israel this week during which he met with several high-profile Israeli officials, including PM Netanyahu.
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