Casey’s strong quarter; bad news for Orie; Specter goes home.

Senator Casey ended the second quarter with $3.1 million on hand. In addition, he raised $1.3 million.

Yesterday Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain made a campaign stop in Philadelphia to speak at a Tea Party rally.

At PoliticsPA, we love staffers as much as elected officials. That’s why we’re bringing you the fourth installment in our newest feature, Chief of Staff Spotlight. Each week, we’ll introduce you to one of the people who make the PA delegation possible.

Mike Wereschagin of the Trib has an interesting piece this morning that looks at Mayor Luke Ravenstahl’s political future. Could the Pittsburgh wunderkind be facing an abbreviated career?

Corman is out; the PA budget is in.

Today, Allentown’s mayor Ed Pawlowski is urging Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to hit the road, in response to his campaign’s most recent web video released, “Mitt on the Road: Allentown, PA”.

July may not be election season, but that isn’t stopping The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) from sending automated phone messages to thousands of Pennsylvanians.

State Sen. Jake Corman, R-Centre, has decided not to seek the Republican nomination for a U.S. Senate seat in 2012, he told Adam Smeltz of StateCollege.com on Friday.

It’s a presidential day in PA: we have a budget.