Add Todd Platts to the list of PA Republicans facing a conservative primary challenge next year. Ted Waga, who commutes to work every day as a Sergeant in the Baltimore County, MD police, has announced a bid for Platts’ 19th district seat.
The DNC isn’t talking 2012 re-election politics this morning. Instead, as the President travels to Pittsburgh, they’re sticking to the substance of the American Jobs Act. David Axelrod argues in a memo that Obama has the upper hand – and national support – for the jobs bill.
Accusing the President of running to the campaign trail in Pennsylvania rather than deal with the issues at hand, the RNC blasted Obama in advance of his speech in Pittsburgh.
Influential conservative columnist George Will this weekend took a strong stand against plans by some Republicans to tinker with Pennsylvania’s Electoral College.
Santorum came in 3rd, with 16 percent of the Values Voter Summit straw poll. Ron Paul finished first followed by Herman Cain among the voters that form the former PA Senator’s base.
A 2012 hopeful like Santorum, with relatively little campaign cash and organizational capacity compared to the top tier candidates, will have little chance to compete. He opposes efforts by states like Nevada and Florida to move up their primaries.
The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee are pouncing on a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review article which details the reluctance of several members of Southwestern Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation to join President Obama in Pittsburgh next Tuesday.
Are you a Republican in southeast PA? Do you vote on a fairly consistent basis? If so, then the odds are you’ll soon be receiving a robocall urging you to oppose PA Sen. Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi’s controversial Electoral College plan.
Former TV star, Senator and presidential candidate Fred Thompson flew to Harrisburg to gin up support for a plan to move the country to a national popular vote for president.
In case you missed it, one of the the most interesting aspects of the Republican plan to split PA’s electoral votes is the high-powered, bipartisan group behind it.
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