Updated: Brian Kelly wants to be a congressman and a U.S. senator
Brian Kelly wanted to be a congressman. He lost. He wanted to be Wilkes-Barre’s mayor. He lost. Now he wants to be a congressman, then a U.S. senator after his first term in the House is up. I’m not...
View ArticleToomey’s backing of Rubio is sort of like Casey backing Obama
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey got on a last-minute, late afternoon conference call Wednesday and made like his Pennsylvania colleague, Sen. Bob Casey. Mr. Toomey endorsed one of his party’s young,...
View ArticleCasey stumps for Clinton in New Hampshire, says she’s most qualified...
Before the Iowa caucuses, he made calls to Democrats to tout former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for president. On Sunday, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey actually visited New Hampshire with his wife,...
View ArticleToomey says Obama should wait on Scalia replacement because Senate will...
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey says wait until next year. In a statement just released, the senator, like many of his Republican Senate colleagues, says this is the wrong time to choose the late Supreme Court...
View ArticleCasey pushes need for Scalia replacement vote this year
No one will ever accuse Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of charging as hard as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who criticizes opponents with a bluntness that angers leaders of his own...
View ArticleUPDATED: Toomey doesn’t change his mind on new justice, but Casey thinks he...
Despite his Pennsylvania colleague’s public urging yesterday, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey won’t change his mind on replacing Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. After President Barack Obama nominated...
View ArticleSnubbed again — Sestak finds out Casey backs McGinty
Well into his second bid for a U.S. Senate seat, Democratic former congressman Joe Sestak found out Friday he will again have to go without the endorsement of the Scranton Democrat who’s already a...
View ArticleCasey hands Shapiro his strong endorsement for state attorney general
For the third time in a year, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey injected himself into a contested statewide Democratic primary election race today. He strongly endorsed Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro...
View ArticleToomey plans to meet with Supreme Court nominee, and that’s it, but Casey...
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey dares to differ. Unlike a lot of his fellow Senate Republicans, Mr. Toomey plans to meet President Barack Obama’s latest Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, chief judge...
View ArticleObama, Biden, Casey, Rendell and Wolf must know something
When President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden endorsed Katie McGinty yesterday for the U.S. Senate, they joined the club. Gov. Tom Wolf, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and former Gov. Ed Rendell...
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