4/20 Morning Buzz
Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz. T-minus 4 days until the primary! See who’s throwing the final punches, who’s staying positive, and which Pa. elected official plans to endorse Ron Paul.
Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz. T-minus 4 days until the primary! See who’s throwing the final punches, who’s staying positive, and which Pa. elected official plans to endorse Ron Paul.
Auditor General Jack Wagner, whose home turf is in western Pennsylvania where the Attorney General primary will likely be won or lost, endorsed Kathleen Kane this afternoon. Patrick Murphy picked up the endorsement of Armstrong County District Attorney Scott Andreassi and Sheriff Larry Crawford. Murphy also announced a rally hosted by Pittsburgh City Councilman Bill Peduto. The two main Philadelphia newspapers endorsed Kane while the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette endorsed Murphy.
The race to replace retiring Sen. John Pippy has been one of the nastiest campaigns in the state this primary cycle, with Raja smacking Rep. Mark Mustio over his 2005 vote for the pay raise, and Mustio blasting Raja for outsourcing. These are their closing ads.
As Romney toured the Keystone state last week, he managed to break the hearts of bakers in the Pittsburgh area. Now “CookieGate” has gone viral.
What does ‘Billy Madison’ have to do with the U.S. Senate primary? Steve Welch’s latest web video asks, “Can we afford Tom Smith as our nominee?” and showcases some unflattering clips of Smith speaking at debates and forums.
Kathleen Kane leads the Democratic race for Attorney General 42 to 33, according to a poll conducted for her campaign. Both she and Patrick Murphy have strongly net favorable ratings.
His request follows weeks of blistering TV attacks against him by outside groups. Not to mention, weeks of negative ads by Holden – which he acknowledges – against opponent Matt Cartwright. Cartwright agreed to the ceasefire.
Good morning politicos, here’s the Buzz. Just 5 days to the primary, and the negative campaigning has begun in earnest. Check out the latest here.
In their continued effort to influence the 2012 primary season, the Planned Parenthood political action fund “Women are Watching” released a list of their “toxic ten” members of congress who have ardently supported legislature to cut federal family planning grants.
In his newest ad, Altmire defends his vote for the Balanced Budget Amendment and disputes claims from Critz that the BBA would result in massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare. It’s become the marquee issue in a race of two conservative Democrats.
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