… and watch this. It’s gotta beat anything else on the tube tonight. Seriously.

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State Senate Republicans will try today to override nearly $2.2 billion in spending items vetoed by Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell in the seven-week-old partisan budget stalemate. A successful veto override requires two-thirds majority votes in the House and Senate. Such an effort would face an uphill climb in the Senate, where cooperation from four Democrats […]

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Gov. Ed Rendell does “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. He said 1.) he doesn’t look at approval ratings (”Politicians should dedicate themselves to doing what they believe is the right thing.”) 2.) his proposed tax increases would cost Pennsylvanians only 70 cents more a day (or, he added, “about $4.90 a week — that’s one of […]

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New Era staffer Bernie Harris confirming what we reported on Thursday:
Lancaster County elections officials confirmed with an official count that former Lancaster Mayor Charlie Smithgall received enough write-in votes on Tuesday to be placed on the November general election ballot as the Republican nominee. Smithgall needed 100 votes. He received 135 or more, depending on […]

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By Mike Luckovich, of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Breaking news from from Marketwatch:
U.S. retailers rang up their largest increase in sales in more than a year in January, rebounding strongly after six straight months of sharp declines, the Commerce Department reported. Retail sales increased 1% on a seasonally adjusted basis in January, the first increase since June and the largest percentage increase since […]

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Letterman does a pretty good job of roughing up the disgraced former Illinois governor.
“Why exactly are you here? Honest to God,” Letterman opens.
“Well, you know, I’ve been wanting to be on your show in the worst way for the longest…”
“Well, you’re on in the worst way,” Letterman says.

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From The AP:
Nancy Killefer, who failed for a year and a half to pay employment taxes on household help, has withdrawn her candidacy to be the first chief performance officer for the federal government, the White House said Tuesday.
Killefer was the second major Obama administration nominee to withdraw and the third to have tax problems […]

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A few things on our plate early this morning that don’t involve snow:
State Sen. Mike Brubaker has reintroduced a bill he says would “improve health care access and affordability by creating a volunteer program of healthcare providers for low-income Pennsylvanians.”
From the Warwick Township Republican’s office:
The Keystone Care Program Act, which is part of the Senate […]

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I thought the chipmaker had the best ads. Its best, IMO? This one.

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