* Taking a page from their big brothers in Congress, the Republicans in the legislature have settled for obstruction and stagnation instead of trying to the solve the state’s myriad of fiscal issues. * [Wagner] argued that his vote to “shut it down,” as he was quoted as saying, was simply a matter of holding ... Read more
Pennsylvania Democratic Party is calling for an investigation into voting irregularities that observers noted in Dauphin and Perry counties on Election Day. Below are the improprieties observed: Unprepared staff at multiple polling locations resulting in long lines. Waits of more than two hours at some polling locations, and no attempt to move the process faster ... Read more
Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman Marcel L. Groen issued the following statement: “We wish we could celebrate the election of Hillary Clinton and Katie McGinty. But the people of the United States and the people of Pennsylvania have spoken, and we respect their decisions. So we will work with President-elect Trump and Senator Toomey, because that ... Read more
In a last-ditch effort to court moderates who are less than impressed with his hyper partisan record and self-serving attempts to avoid telling voters whether he will vote for serial sexual assailant Donald Trump, Pat Toomey this week released an ad in which he tried to claim support from President Barack Obama. Within hours, President ... Read more
On Meet the Press, widely respected political analyst Charlie Cook predicted that Pat Toomey will lose the Pennsylvania Senate race to Katie McGinty. Watch the full clip here: Chuck Todd: Let’s move to Pennsylvania. Pat Toomey, ran a big Obama spot. Charlie Cook: Toomey started coming back near the end, but not enough. Katie McGinty ... Read more
* We find Shapiro — possessing a humane, expansive vision of the needs of this state and innovative strategies to address them — the best candidate to reorient a justice system degraded at the highest levels. * Shapiro’s platform includes traditional criminal justice priorities, but also offers a more fully developed vision that is smartly ... Read more
As the clock ticks toward Election Day, Pat Toomey is running out of time to make good on his promise to reveal his voting plans to his constituents. As he frantically tries to convince voters that he is not a hard-nosed obstructionist with one of the most conservative voting records in the Senate, Toomey is ... Read more
Associated Press: Obama criticizes Toomey over ad in Senate race President Barack Obama is pushing back against Republican Sen. Pat Toomey’s use of the Democrat’s words in a campaign ad for his Senate race. Obama responded Saturday to a Toomey campaign TV ad that shows Obama speaking outside the White House in 2013 and thanking ... Read more
Wall Street and big business have reached deep into their pockets to try to buy their friend from Pennsylvania a second senate term. While it’s never been a secret that former investment banker and Club for Growth president Pat Toomey is the best senator Wall Street has ever had, two new reports from Bloomberg this ... Read more
Yesterday, Pat Toomey stumbled and stammered his way through a series of ten simple questions that tens of millions of Americans have already answered: Donald Trump for President or not? Yet again, Fraidy-Pat was roundly ridiculed for thinking he can get away with not telling his constituents where he stands with just days until the ... Read more