Low Turnout in City of Reading, Campaign Street Money Abounds
Turnout in the City of Reading is low by all accounts, which could give pause to the campaign of Democrat Judy Schwank. Both campaigns are paying poll watchers in Latino neighborhoods.
Turnout in the City of Reading is low by all accounts, which could give pause to the campaign of Democrat Judy Schwank. Both campaigns are paying poll watchers in Latino neighborhoods.
The Common Sense Movement, a pro-gas and oil development group, is hitting back against radio ads by the League of Conservation Voters that aired against Reps. Lou Barletta and Jason Altmire.
The Governor received a less-than-encouraging welcome in Pittsburgh over the weekend. When Corbett came out to flip the coin before an arena football game, he was greeted by “a seemingly never ending chorus of boos.”
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Monday sought to capitalize on the widespread national attention on the tragic earthquake and tsunami in Japan. In a hard-hitting press release yesterday afternoon, the DCCC accused GOP Reps. Barletta, Dent, Fitzpatrick, Gerlach, Marino and Meehan of supporting funding cuts to the National Weather Service and the Tsunami Warning Center.
Today is the day. Berks County voters head to the polls to choose a replacement for the late state Senator Mike O’Pake. Will Democrats turn the page on 2010, or will Republicans continue their statewide streak? We will soon find out.
Read about the special election today in Berks, Medaglia’s TV ads have come down, a Tea Party challenger for Casey, and a DCNR official talks Nazis. Check out the buzz.
Laureen Cummings, head of the Scranton Tea Party, has declared her intention to challenge U.S. Senator Bob Casey in 2012, and she sounds an awful lot like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann.
While ‘civility in discourse’ is a complex and nuanced goal, a few areas of universal agreement have emerged in recent months. One such point of consensus is this: don’t compare your political opponents to Nazis.
Larry Medaglia’s campaign has backed out of the four largest local television markets and will not be airing television ads in the final day of the campaign, PoliticsPA has learned. Consultants on both sides of the aisle are reading the writing on the wall.
Both parties are gearing up for tomorrow’s special election in Reading, higher education funding is the major battle line in the Corbett budget, and Joe Sestak’s “re-elected” ad won the 2011 Pollie award for best negative ad.
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