Bird’s-Eye View

Like his Republican comrade from Warwick Township, state Sen.-elect Lloyd Smucker of West Lampeter Township received a highly coveted assignment to serve on the state Senate Appropriations Committee, Smucker confirmed this afternoon.
With the inclusion of state Sen. Mike Brubaker of Warwick Township, that makes two Lancaster countians serving on the committee that acts as the […]

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Did you see this statement by state Sen. Mike Brubaker of Warwick Township, the newest member of the state Senate Appropriations Committee? From the Lancaster New Era:
Senate Republicans are committed to holding the line on taxes, Brubaker said, so the budget must be balanced by program reductions.
“It’s critical that we cut with a high level […]

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Politics, at least locally and at the state level, are in something resembling hibernation right now. It’s the deep breath before the plunge into 2009.
Found this today at Politico.com. The article lists 10 people who made noise in 2008 the Web site will “miss” in 2009, and Pennsylvania’s own governor appears on the roster:
He’s a […]

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It’s four more years instead of one and done for Lancaster city Mayor Rick Gray.
Gray this afternoon announced he will ask city voters in 2009 to give him another four-year term. He held the press conference outside his North Prince Street home with wife, Gail, at his side.
“There are still serious challenges … it’s still a […]

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U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts issued the following statement about the Fairness Doctrine, which loosely defined would mandate media outlets to give equal coverage to differing points of view. Apparently a Democratic Congresswoman from California told a newspaper she plans to introduce legislation that would reinstate the Fairness Doctrine next year.
Pitts said Tuesday in a news […]

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… and not simply create nasty Web videos trying to tear the president-elect down, so says former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Gingrich wrote to the Republican National Committee this week slamming the RNC for a Web video that tries to connect Barack Obama to embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
According to CNN.com:
Gingrich calls the video a […]

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Sheeee’ssss baaaaack!

She’s Heidi Wheaton, and the current East Hempfield Township supervisor, who sought a spot in the state Senate and a seat on the board of Lancaster County Commissioners, faces re-election in 2009. Wheaton currently holds a 6-year term on the township supervisors, and 2009 marks the end of that term.
The Nest in Monday’s print […]

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Dave Dumeyer, the 6-year chairman of the Lancaster County Republican Committee, announced his resignation Thursday, and as I’m putting the article together tonight, I was thinking about what moment defines Dumeyer’s tenure.
To me, it was the nomination of Dennis Stuckey and Scott Martin in the 2007 GOP primary for county commissioner. To understand why, we […]

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The guv’s going on Fox News tomorrow. Gov. Ed Rendell’s office has informed the Nest he’ll be on Neil Cavuto’s show at 4 p.m.,
I wonder what they’re going to talk about:

Probably

Would be my guess

Does Neil even know who this is?

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From CapitolWire.com:
Major Republican donors and campaign figures throughout the state were told by Attorney General Tom Corbett this week that he will run for governor in 2010.
The Allegheny Countian’s campaign also got good news Wednesday, when GOP power brokers in Chester County confirmed that U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach, R-Chester, is telling them he will run […]

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