Also in the Quinnipiac poll referenced below is a finding that shows the public way ahead of the Democratic caucus:
By a 53 - 11 percent margin, Pennsylvania voters say State House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese should step down because of his alleged involvement in “Bonusgate,” according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Results are […]

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According to a Quinnipiac University poll out today, “Only 24 percent of Pennsylvania voters say they are ‘very confident’ or ’somewhat confident’ that the State Legislature will enact legislation to end corruption, while 74 percent are ‘not too confident’ or ‘not confident at all.’”
I’d go one step further and say that I doubt our elected […]

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OK, so Democrats, according to a Lancaster Sunday News report, are telling themsleves this could be the year.
The year they win the 13th District seat in the state Senate.
The year they win the 16th Congressional District.
The year pigs (or, more aptly, donkeys) fly.
Well, OK, that last one’s mine.
The hope — expressed by county Democratic Chairman […]

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So, former Pa. Sen. Rick Santorum believes John McCain can’t win in November unless Barack Obama proves himself unqualified, according to The American Spectator.
The link is worth a click, to see if you agree with Santorum’s suggestions of vice presidential picks for McCain.
But, gosh, one does wonder if Santorum’s pessimism isn’t driven a little by […]

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Bill Neff, who finished fourth out of four candidates in the GOP primary, is now running a write-in campaign to succeed retiring state Sen. Gib Armstrong.
This probably seems like a great idea, what with all the expressed desire for “change” voters seem to be expressing in registering and voting for Barack Obama, and the general […]

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That’s not my prediction. It’s Robert Novak’s at the Evans-Novak Political Report, and it’s pretty interesting.
Two-hundred-70 is, of course, the minimum number needed to win the White House outright, so Novak sees a nail-biter ahead.
The prediction’s strong suit is Novak’s experienced gut; its weakness, being based also on recent polls, which can shift a lot […]

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Jose Urdaneta, the Democratic nominee to succeed state Sen. Gib Armstrong, posted his Web site Monday afternoon.
So far, he’s rolled out some positions on education, including his call for a move away from property taxes to fund schools and a big boost in state funding of public schools. He promises to tackle health care, too, […]

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I have reposted the link for Bill Neff’s campaign site for the 13th District state Senate seat representing Lancaster City, its suburbs and just about everywhere south, plus parts of eastern York County.
Neff is considering a write-in bid to succeed retiring state Sen. Gib Armstrong.
One thing that makes one wonder about any chance of success: […]

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So the state Senate set aside Sen. Mike Brubaker’s proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage yesterday because the state House planned to send it to the State Government Committee, where it would surely have died without a vote.
I’ve opposed this amendment — preferring an amendment that calls for a ban on a court-imposed definition of […]

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Vince Fumo, who’s retiring from the state Senate this year, put himself in a hole yesterday while questioning a pastor testifying on gay marriage. And Fumo just kept digging.
“What you’re advocating here is that we take away the rights of a minority. And I don’t think that’s right,” he told Giblert Coleman Jr., a Philadelphia […]

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