The death of powerful Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha brought all sorts of reaction from political figures in Pennsylvania and across the nation. Here's a sampling:"Jack was a devoted husband, a loving father and a steadfast advocate for the people of Pennsylvania for nearly 40 years. His passion" [...] 
I'd better make with the retrospectives. I've always been honored to have been granted the opportunity to interview local officeholders, candidates, and other persons of interest on the political scene. I've found they're quite easy to do but a pain to produce something from, yet at [...] From Joe Sestak:
"My thoughts and prayers go out to the Murtha family at this very difficult time. His service to our nation in Congress reflected an unyielding commitment to his" [...]
Montco GOP Endorsement Vote…
Ballot 1: Dachowski: 82 Quinter: 35 Adcock: 81 McIntyre: 28 Falgoust: 37 Haughton: 32
FINAL: Adcock wins endorsement
First Ted Kennedy, now John Murtha. A changing of the guard is under way in Congress ... and will be completed when voters get a say later this year.
‘Ethics’ deal: municipal authority’s ex-treasurer can’t seek, hold office…
[...]The PA Tea Party Coalition is hosting a forum with Republican primary candidates in Philadelphia tomorrow night. Former Allentown Congressman Pat Toomey will debate Peg Luksik, and Attorney General Tom Corbett will debate State House Rep. Sam Rohrer. There will also be debates between Republican candidates for Congress from southeast [...]
I'm sure Easton gadfly Billy Givens would laugh at the irony that he and Congressman John Murtha would die within a few, scant hours of each other. LV Congressman Charlie Dent never met Billy, but he knew John Murtha, and just released this statement:
The Pennsylvania's Democratic State Committee met in Lancaster Saturday to endorse an 80-year-old man who served as a Republican in the U.S. Senate for the past 30 years as its 2010 Senate nominee.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is reporting that Pennsylvania's longest serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives, the controversial John Murtha, died Monday of complications from recent gall bladder surgery.The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review is reporting that Pennsylvania's longest serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives, the controversial John Murtha, died Monday of complications from recent gall bladder surgery.
I did not see this coming, despite his hospitalization.
We have a snow day here in Philadelphia, so I’m home from work, as I no doubt will be by Wednesday as well if the prediction of Blizzard: the Return is accurate. By any standard, two feet and change in a single storm is a pile, and with an extra [...]
NPR is also now reporting this. The Congressman's official [...]
State Representative Mike Sturla (D-96 Lancaster City) will face a challenger as he seeks his 11th term. Republican Tom Garman has sent “Letters of Intent” to Republican committee members announcing he will run for the seat. More information will be posted as it becomes available.
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Because it's obvious how pissed off everybody is, Obama has chosen to talk a tough populist line lately, threatening bonuses and executive salary caps along with new SEC regs and restrictions on bankster enterprises that looks a lot like the Glass-Steigal law the corpo's just paid $millions$ to undo. [...]
A week after Punxsutawney Phil made his annual appearance, another Pennsylvania icon, Gov. Ed Renell, will pop up on Tuesday to deliver his annual Budget Address to a joint session of the Pennsylvania Legislature.
Yes, to answer the question posed by the title, the state can mandate the creation of "green jobs" via alternative energy mandates - just as it could mandate that utilities dig hole, and then fill them up, creating "brown jobs".
A new study, commissioned [...]
Yudichak to run for Musto’s Senate seat, GOP’s Arnold to seat his House seat…
[...]State digs out from up to 31 inches of snow that fell in parts of state…
[...]Some of my cousins and I have been exchanging e-mails evaluating the Superbowl ads. Personally, I liked the e-trade "milkaholic girlfiend" one.
But for some of those ads, I'm torn between annoyance and a kind of perverse admiration at how they try to exploit male insecurities. Like the FloTV one.
To' [...]
The best way to remember Billy Givens is through his writing, which makes the rest of us look pretty tame.Safe and sound in DC after a treacherous drive on a poorly plowed Interstate 95. The federal government is closed today, and rightfully so given that not one street in DC is cleared.
Snowpocalypse 2010 did not scare Pennsylvania Democrats away from Lancaster County this weekend for their endorsement meeting, [...]
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From: "Palmer, Catherine" <palmercv@upmc.edu> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:00:49 -0500To: 'mark.rauterkus@gmail.com'<mark.rauterkus@gmail.com>Subject: FW: Update on Port Authority Service
UPDATED: 12:25 PM, Sunday, Feb. 7
Port Authority has [...]
SINGLE PAYER: Voting members of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, meeting in Lancaster on Saturday, endorsed a resolution calling for passage of single-payer health care proposals — Senate Bill 400 and House Bill 1660, the “Family and Business Healthcare Security Act.” Chuck Pennacchio, head of Healthcare for All PA, [...]
Or in this case, 
Now we know how much 
