arlen specter: Philadelphia Metropolis

Run Away! Run Away!

By Tom Ferrick Jr. The big news about the state budget this year was that it wasn't big news. Unlike last year, when we went 101 days before it finally, mercifully passed, this year the legislature met the June 30th... (Comments)

The Specter-Murtha Libraries?

Gov. Rendell signed the new state budget Tuesday (July 6), but most of the chatter was about two line items in the state's $600 million capital budget to build libraries for retiring Sen. Arlen Specter and the late Rep. John... (Comments)

A Hollywood Moment

By G. Terry Madonna & Michael L. Young If the Pat Toomey-Joe Sestak Pennsylvania Senate race was a movie, it would be a cinch for an Academy Award nomination. It's an electoral show that has everything: two controversial, compelling opponents;... (Comments)

Sestak Job Offer?

The Republican are continuing to make merry with the job the White House offered (promised? hinted at? ) Joe Sestak to get out of the Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate. Sestak, who defeated Obama administration favorite Arlen Specter in... (Comments)

Machine Fails to Deliver

Any time you read a story before the election that says "the candidate is relying on the unions and party organizations around the state to deliver the vote" you can be reasonably sure that candidate is in trouble.  (See: Specter,... (Comments)