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Month: July 2012

Shapiro, Other Dems Take Redistricting Maps to Court

Montco Commissioner Josh Shapiro today filed a legal challenge to the latest PA House & Senate maps. Along with seven other Montgomery County plaintiffs and a number of other local officials and groups around PA, Shapiro petitioned the PA Supreme Court to toss out the LRC’s final maps.

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Daily Kos Backs Trivedi

For a second time, the national liberal website Daily Kos has added PA-06 congressional challenger, Manan Trivedi, to its selective “Orange to Blue” fundraising list. He’s running a rematch against Rep. Jim Gerlach.

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7/9 Morning Buzz

Good morning politicos, we hope you stayed cool this weekend. Here’s the buzz. The PAGOP kicks it up a notch, more on Obama’s visit to Pittsburgh – plus Jindal and T-Paw, and don’t miss Friday’s Ups & Downs.

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Obama Blazes into Pittsburgh, Fires Up Crowd at CMU

President Obama made a campaign stop in Pittsburgh on a scorching Friday afternoon as a part of his “Betting on America” tour that ended at Carnegie Mellon. Obama highlighted his economic accomplishments during his first term and also laid out plans for a second term.

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Republicans Criticize Obama Over Anemic June Jobs Report

Almost every Republican official and candidate reacted to today’s jobs numbers – a mere 80,000 added in June and unemployment unchanged at 8.2 percent – with criticism of President Obama. In case you don’t have time to read them all, we’ve blended them into one super-response.

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Jindal, Pawlenty Blast Obama Before Pittsburgh Stop

Republican Governors Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana blasted President Obama for what they called a string of broken promises regarding the U.S. economy during a preemptive rally in Pittsburgh Friday morning.

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7/6 Ups & Downs

Good Friday afternoon politicos, here’s hoping that your holiday week was enjoyable and relaxing. It was a less than hectic week in politics, and here are those that stood out above (or below) the rest.

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7/6 Morning Buzz

Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz. Obama is stopping in Pittsburgh today, where Govs. (and Romney surrogates) Pawlenty and Jindal will also appear. Fewer voters have proper IDs than anticipated by the Corbett administration, and a pro-Romney super PAC buys up $7.2M in Olympic ad time.

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Latino Justice Sues Over Redistricting Maps

Three plaintiffs, represented by Latino Justice, are suing over the use of the 2001 district lines. They allege the lines are a violation of the one person, one vote doctrine, and have requested a special election to remedy the unconstitutional effects of the upcoming elections.

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