State Rep. Tom Creighton, a Republican from Rapho Township, had this to say about House Democratic leaders including Rep. Mike Sturla of Lancaster voluntarily giving up this year’s 2.8 percent pay hike in light of the faltering economy and the state’s dire financial situation:
“House Democrats are again attempting to pull the wool over taxpayers’ […]

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I guess not.
From the LATimes:
It may come as something of a shock to those millions planning trips to Washington for the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama that he isn’t really legally capable of taking the oath.
It’s the birth certificate thing.
That’s because he was born in Kenya to an alien father and isn’t […]

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I kid you not.

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The Baltimore Examiner interviews the father of slain federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna, found dead in a shallow stream here in 2003. He says he’s angered by law enforcement assertions that his son killed himself. “That’s not true,” Paul Luna tells the paper. “He was killed.”

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Rendell, speaking to reporters Wednesday, clarified reiterated his eariler remarks about Barack Obama’s pick for Homeland Security chief, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano.
Reports PolitickerPA.com:
“What I said is Janet is a person who works 24/7,” Rendell said at an afternoon press conference. “She has no life — neither do I.”
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Rendell said discussions he has had with the […]

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Early this afternoon, Senate Republican leaders said they would return the automatic pay raises of 2.8 percent this year. The announcement followed that of the House Democratic leadership’s late Tuesday night. “As we have said consistently, everything is on the table in terms of spending cuts as we address the state budget deficit,” said Senate […]

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CNN’s Campbell Brown hits Gov. Rendell, who apparently didn’t know the microphone he was standing next to was on in Philadelphia Tuesday, over comments the governor made about Barack Obama’s pick for Homeland Security chief, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano.
Said Rendell:
Janet’s perfect for that job. Because for that job, you have to have no life. Janet […]

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PolitickerPA.com says the guv, apparently thinking his mic was turned off in Philadelphia Tuesday, had this to say about the former Republican vice-presidential nominee:
“I think she has great instincts. She’s not a genius, but she has very good political instincts.”

When airing the remarks, CNN characterized them as praise, “in a Rendell kind of way.”

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House Democrats faxed over a statement at 11:06 p.m. Tuesday saying their leadership — including policy chairman Mike Sturla of Lancaster — will give up the 2.8 percent pay raise that took effect Monday and boosted rank-and-file salaries by $2,152. The reason: a “worsening financial picture for Pennsylvania.” Here’s what members of leadership had to […]

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