The 30-second spot highlights Sestak’s support of a $300 billion mortgage bailout and a so-called “cap-and-trade” bill. It also criticizes Sestak for supporting for a stimulus bill larger than the $787 billion one approved by Congress in early 2009.

Will Michael Nutter have a tough time in next year’s Democratic mayoral primary?

It’s why Toomey, Corbett and a host of GOP congressional candidates appeared poised for success despite running in a state that has 1 million more registered Democrats and has eviscerated most Republican candidates the last two election cycles.

CQ moves the 3rd CD to “tossup” from Leans Democrat, saying Kathy Dahlkemper is in more danger than ever before of losing her seat to Mike Kelly.

Read the story here. Even as he fights a legal challenge seeking to keep him off the ballot, independent Jim Schneller is letting it be known that he should have a chance to participate in campaign debates in the 7th Congressional District. Democrat Bryan Lentz and Republican Pat Meehan already came together for their first debate […]

After taking almost $1 million from the financial industry but refusing to hold the big banks accountable for their risky practices, it’s no surprise to see “Wall Street’s” Jim Gerlach campaign with “Wall Street’s” Pat Toomey.  After all, both Gerlach and Toomey have proven to be more interested in protecting Wall Street special interests than […]

Believes putting Social Security on Wall Street would be “enormously beneficial” to economy How desperate is Congressman Toomey to hide his lifelong attacks on Social Security? This week he made the remarkable claim: “I’ve never said I favor privatizing Social Security.” The only problem? Congressman Toomey has been on record touting his desire to end […]

HARRISBURG, PA-Dauphin County Republican Committee Chairman John J. McNally III released the following statement regarding President Judge Todd A. Hoover’s announcement that Michael H.W. Pries was selected by the Court of Common Pleas to serve the remainder of Commissioner Dominic “Nick” DiFrancesco’s term, which expires in 2011. “After a thorough review process, our committee recognized […]

Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3) this week took her considerable financial advantage to the airwaves, launching a 60-second TV ad as her first reelection bid enters the homestretch.

Murphy defeated Fitzpatrick in the 2006 election, a year highly favorable to Democrats across the country. But after cruising to re-election in 2008, Murphy appears to be facing a dramatically different political climate this year, one that puts his re-election hopes in jeopardy.