Santorum announced this week that he has received several endorsements for his presidential bid from several Republican officials in New Hampshire, the first primary state.

“IF WE ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE NEXT THING U KNOW PEOPLE WILL BE MARRYING GOLD FISH’ – Rick Santorum UO contributed $13,000 to this mans campaign” the singer and Hannah Montana star tweeted.

Santorum will officially announce his campaign for the Presidency on June 6, reportedly near the western Pennsylvania coal mines where his grandfather worked.

Mike Huckabee just made Rick Santorum’s night. The popular former Governor of Arkansas announced tonight his decision not to run for President in 2012, freeing up an important bloc of GOP primary voters – those to whom opposition to abortion and gay marriage are key issues.

Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) is the latest presidential hopeful to comment on Romney’s health care initiative saying, “Both Romneycare and Obamacare infringe upon individual freedom and exponentially increase the government’s health care cost burden.”

Setting out to “demonstrate that it is in fact possible to balance the budget within 10 years without raising taxes,” United States Senator Pat Toomey on Tuesday unveiled a proposal he vowed would balance the federal budget by 2020 and produce a surplus a year later.

Former Minnesota governor and 2012 presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty is heading to Pittsburgh tonight to deliver the keynote address at the Allegheny County Republican Committee’s annual Spirit of Lincoln Dinner.

A Quinnipiac poll released today has grim news for President Obama: his lowest numbers yet in PA. Senator Casey, on the other hand enjoys relatively healthy support.

A survey conducted earlier this month by Public Policy Polling found that Pennsylvania voters would today cast their ballots for a generic Democrat (42 percent) over a generic Republican (36 percent), though a majority (52 percent) also currently holds an unfavorable view of President Obama.

Salon’s Steve Kornacki notes that Donald Trump donated $32,000 to Pennsylvania’s own Ed Rendell during his 2002 campaign for Governor, yet one more Democrat on Trump’s long list.