Obama’s gotta lose, Santorum said according to this transcript of an interview the former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania gave to The American Spectator. Asked who John McCain should pick as a running mate, Santorum replied:
“It doesn’t matter. I’m a believer that John McCain can’t win the race, but that Obama has to lose it. This […]

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The major-party candidates in the 16th Congressional District race filed quarterly campaign finance reports this week. They cover fundraising and spending from April through June. Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts, who is seeking his seventh two-year term in the House, raised $143,247 in the last three months, spent $59,492 and has $292,323 on hand. Bruce […]

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Which president’s nickname is said to have popularized the word “OK?”
a) John Quincy Adams
b) Martin Van Buren
c) Andrew Johnson
d) Chester Alan Arthur
See the jump for the answer

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New Era Photo: Blaine Shahan
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett’s election opponent claims the top prosecutor botched the Bonusgate probe by raiding only one of the four legislative caucuses, potentially sparing his Republican political allies. Democrat John M. Morganelli, in an interview with the New Era’s editorial board on Wednesday, claimed the year-and-a-half-long investigation is “messed […]

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Press conference in an hour, streamed live at pcntv.com, but The AP is reporting a lawyer for former House Democratic whip Mike Veon said he expects his client to be charged.
The attorney, Robert G. Del Greco Jr., said Thursday he did not know what criminal offenses Veon would be accused of. Veon, who represented a […]

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Somebody’s talking to The Patriot-News:
Sources said a partial list of those expected to be charged includes Mike Manzo, the former chief of staff to House Majority Leader Bill DeWeese, D-Greene, and the caucus’ former director of staffing and administration Scott Brubaker, and their wives, Rachel Manzo, an aide to House Democratic Majority Police Chairman Todd […]

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11 A.M. – Bonusgate update from The Patriot-News:
Sources said charges will be filed against Brett Cott, a former administrator director to former Beaver County Democratic state House member Mike Veon, and Jeff Foreman, Veon’s former chief of staff. Additionally, sources said charges emanating from a Pittsburgh grand jury are being consolidated in Harrisburg, which is […]

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7:58 A.M. — Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett’s office said this morning he will hold a 2 p.m. news conference to announce criminal charges as part of an ongoing grand jury probe into bonuses paid to employees of the Legislature and using state resources to work on political campaigns.
You’ll find background here, here, here and […]

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Racing fans won’t see either John McCain or Barack Obama at NASCAR events in more than a dozen speedways across the country before Election Day, Campaigns & Elections reports today. The International Speedway Corporation, which owns major racetracks in both candidates’ home states of Arizona and Illinois, is implementing a firm policy that prohibits political […]

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No. The real underdogs are John K. Bootie of Manheim (left), Daniel Kingery of Willcox, Ariz. (right), and a few other folks — Jonathon “The Impaler” Sharkey of the Vampire, Witches and Pagan Party in New Jersey for example — running for president this year. They all met at a Democracy Unplugged forum in Swarthmore […]

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