If there were any doubts that Rick Santorum has made it big, they’re gone now. Clad in Santorum’s (now) trademark sweater vest, Saturday Night Live star Andy Samberg delivered the opening monologue for SNL this weekend.
John Maher won the support of the GOP state committee’s central caucus members by a comfortable margin on Saturday. The final tally was 41 for Maher, 32 for former Pa. Community Bankers CEO Frank Pinto, and 24 for Chester County Treasurer Ann Duke.
Cumberland County District Attorney Dave Freed got by with a little help from his friends at Saturday’s meeting of the central caucus of Republican state committee. Freed won 77 votes in the straw poll, compared to 19 for Pa. Senator John Rafferty.
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.
In an open letter Friday, Bob Brady’s primary challenger zinged the Congressman and Philadelphia Democratic Committee Chairman for his support of the Republican-drawn congressional map.
With only a day before the first regional caucus straw poll and just a few weeks before the GOP state committee endorsement meeting, the Republican race for Auditor General has mostly gone under the radar. Pa. Rep. John Maher (R-Allegheny) is officially in the running. The lawmaker says he wrote the book on government auditing.
We’re used to seeing SEPA GOPers and freshman among the DCCC’s targets. But they’ve added a new name to the list: Rep. Tim Murphy.
Two words pretty much sum up this week’s Ups & Downs: fundraising, and “Santorumentum!”
With the help of Maryland Public Television, former U.S. Senator Arlen Specter will soon host his very own television program. The format is a thoughtful, half-hour public policy discussion featuring a few principal guests as well as input from various stakeholders and opinion leaders.
Good morning politicos, and welcome to the buzz. It looks like we’ve got another self-funder on our hands: this time it’s Dem AG hopeful Kathleen Kane with $2 million.
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