6/19 Morning Buzz
Good morning politicos, here’s the buzz. We present our latest list of Smartest Staffers: House Ds; Toomey takes a stand against the law o’ the sea; and Mark Critz and Jim Gerlach be white whales (according to Roll Call).
Good morning politicos, here’s the buzz. We present our latest list of Smartest Staffers: House Ds; Toomey takes a stand against the law o’ the sea; and Mark Critz and Jim Gerlach be white whales (according to Roll Call).
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Avast! This day, Senator Pat Toomey came out in opposition to th’ United Nations’ Law ‘o th’ Sea Treaty, which he said risks American interests.
Rep. Lou Barletta, an outspoken advocate of strict rules to deal with illegal immigration, says President Obama’s recent executive order is an attack on the Constitution. Gov. Tom Corbett reserved judgment during an interview Saturday.
Madonna and Young examine the political implications of the Supreme Court’s Obama care decision: a win for the Ds could mean loss of the White House, but a win for the Rs could cost the momentum needed to propel Romney to the presidency.
Roll Call has likened two PA congressmen, Reps. Jim Gerlach (R-Chester) and Mark Critz (D-Cambria), to Captain Ahab’s white whales — seats the opposing party chases every cycle without success.
A significant portion of western and central PA Democrats declined to vote for Barack Obama in the primary, an analysis by PoliticsPA has found. The results there resemble those of Kentucky and West Virginia, where he lost around 40 percent of the primary vote to no-name opponents or “undecided”.
Good morning politicos, here’s the buzz. PoliticsPA takes a look at Obama’s PA primary performance and found some problems for him in Western PA, Romney’s tour through PA had highs and a big low, and the GOP selected State Rep. Vulakovich to run for ex-Sen. Jane Orie’s seat.
Mitt Romney and PA’s leading Republicans talked up his chances of winning the state during a rally Saturday. “I AM gonna win Pennsylvania!” Romney declared to a crowd of about 700 supporters in Lebanon County. Gov. Tom Corbett, Sen. Pat Toomey and several others joined him.
State Rep. Randy Vulakovich will likely soon be State Senator Randy Vulakovich. GOP party leaders named him as their candidate for the seat of ex-Senator Jane Orie, who was convicted over ethics violations earlier this year. The Republican is a favorite in the forthcoming special election.
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