5/15 Morning Buzz
Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz. The presidential firefight continues in Pennsylvania.
May 15, 2012
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Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz. The presidential firefight continues in Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Senate hasn’t passed a budget in over 3 years, and Tom Smith today laid the blame on Senate Democrats, including his opponent Bob Casey. In an online petition, the Republican hopeful backed a No Budget, No Pay measure – but stopped short of endorsing any specific spending proposal.
Former House Speaker and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi won’t serve forever, and Rep. Allyson Schwartz is reportedly on the short list of members who could step into leadership if (or when) a vacuum emerges.
President Barack Obama’s campaign aired a new 2-minute long advertisement Monday in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ohio, Colorado and Virginia, bringing into question Romney’s business values by examining Bain Capital’s role in the bankruptcy of GST Steel.
Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz. The presidential campaign is heating up in PA, where the Obama campaign has started its second week of TV time.
President Barack Obama’s campaign released a new advertisement in Pennsylvania Monday, touting the President’s support of the middle class through his endorsement of the 2008 auto bailout just a few days after an interview in which Mitt Romney claimed responsibility for the bailout. Watch it here.
In the wake of the Pa. Voter ID debate and given technology’s prevalence in peoples’ everyday lives, state Sen. Lloyd Smucker (R-Lancaster) has introduced a bill that would implement an online voter registration system within 90 days.
The national political discourse turned sharply toward gay marriage and other LGBT rights issues this week on President Obama’s announcement that he supports gay marriage. The contrast is slightly less stark in the U.S. Senate contest.
Republicans are arguing Barack Obama’s performance in West Virginia, where the President lost 42 percent of the Democratic primary vote to a felon who didn’t actually run a campaign, is a result of his stance on coal.
The general election is on the distant horizon, but the budget battle is now. From DC to Harrisburg, see who had a good week and who wishes they had a redo.
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