Andy Reilly says Mitt Romney is the best and most impressive Republican presidential candidate he’s met in his lifetime and he’s met them all since becoming a big player in Delaware County politics.Spencer: Delco GOP leader: Mitt’s a ‘regular guy’ - delcotimes.com
Yet that's precisely what the Associated Press noticed in a new report this morning. The first line: "It's awfully quiet at the White House these days."Obama permanently out to lunch | RedState
Sure, when you have a president who spends most of his time on the trail spinning rhetoric and fundraising for his campaign coffers, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue will tend to be "awfully quiet." This might explain why while our Libyan ambassador is dead and our embassies are under repeated siege, the White House still appears to know next to nothing about what went down in Benghazi. Even top Senate Republicans are fuming today that they are learning more details from the New York Times than from closed-door State Department briefing. Unemployment is rising in half of the states, and US industrial production is falling at the sharpest rate in three years, and our President is focused on hard-hitting interviews with radio hosts like Pimp with the Limp. On David Letterman, he casually admitted that he doesn't know what the national debt is, and that it's not a pressing concern.
With less than seven weeks remaining until Election Day, a new poll conducted by Susquehanna Polling and Research for the Pennsylvania Republican Party shows United States Senate candidate Tom Smith within the margin of error - trailing Democratic Senator Bob Casey 42% - 45%."It's no surprise this race has continued to tighten as voters are beginning to better understand the differences between Bob Casey, an ineffective career politician and Tom Smith, a self-made job creator," said Smith Campaign Manager Jim Conroy. "In November, voters will have a clear choice between Bob Casey's support for job-killing policies, including higher taxes, record debt and bigger government versus Tom Smith's detailed plan to reduce the debt, simplify the tax code, and grow the economy to create jobs.""Our campaign is humbled by the outpouring of support we've received from across the Commonwealth and encouraged by the momentum we continue to see in public polling," Conroy added.The Susquehanna survey of 800 likely voters was conducted September 15-17.
Coal producer Alpha Natural Resources said Tuesday it is cutting production by 16 million tons and eliminating 1,200 jobs, including 400 with the immediate closing of eight mines in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.Alpha closing 8 coal mines, cutting 1,200 jobs – USATODAY.com
All eight plaintiffs seeking an injunction to prevent the law from taking effect before the Nov. 6 election possess the required photo identification or other documentation the new law requires to vote. That brings to questions the plaintiff’s main claim that thousands of Pennsylvanians couldn’t obtain the necessary identification in time.Challenge to Pa. voter ID law is case of contradictions
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