Bob Casey’s Boring Campaign
For Bob Casey, being boring is a virtue. Aside a few oblique references to obstructionism in Washington, he doesn’t knock Republicans. At state committee this weekend and in general, Casey sticks to his jobs message.
For Bob Casey, being boring is a virtue. Aside a few oblique references to obstructionism in Washington, he doesn’t knock Republicans. At state committee this weekend and in general, Casey sticks to his jobs message.
Tim Burns and Steve Welch turn their fire on each other as they vie for the GOP state committee endorsement. Plus, check out the results from today’s GOP straw polls. Updated with a copy of the Welch camp’s anti-Burns flier.
Laureen Cummings, a nurse who founded the Scranton Tea Party, has dropped out of the Republican race for U.S. Senate. In a statement, she endorsed Washington County businessman and 2010 congressional candidate Tim Burns.
Steve Welch is talking straight to conservatives in his latest web video. The Chester County entrepreneur leads off by saying that the Obama administration has governed in a way very different from the founding fathers’ intent.
Tom Smith’s Senate campaign unveiled its second television ad this morning, a 30 second spot that focuses on the national debt.
Former State Rep. Sam Rohrer must have been in his element last night at a U.S. Senate forum hosted by the York 9-12 Patriots, a Tea Party organization. He finished head and shoulders above his opponents in a straw poll of the U.S. Senate race.
Republican Senate candidate Marc Scaringi released a statement last week praising his former boss Rick Santorum on his strong finish in the Iowa caucuses. In the same statement, he also praised Rep. Ron Paul on his Iowa success. Noticeably absent from the statement was praise of the winner of the caucus, Mitt Romney.
Tim Burns, the Washington County businessman who ran for congress against Mark Critz in 2010, won a bellwether straw poll at the Saturday meeting of the Pa. Republican state committee’s central caucus.
The Bedford, Blair, Centre and Huntingdon County Republican committees co-hosted a forum for statewide candidates on Thursday night and, though PoliticsPA was unable to attend, we got a hold of the post-event straw poll. Here it is, along with some free association about the results.
As candidates from both parties prepare for state committee endorsement meetings (Democrats on January 14, Republicans on the 28th), the endorsement roll outs have begun. Here’s a look at who’s supporting who this week, from the candidates’ press releases.
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