#PAGov: Tom Corbett About to Get Santorumed No no, not that “Santorum,” but this Santorum. The one where Rick Santorum lost to Bob Casey by a 20 point margin in 2006, and with Robert Morris University’s latest poll, Tom Corbett is primed to be bounced out of office by a double digit margin. The question now is by how much. Democratic challenger Tom…
#PAGov: Shorter PA Republican: “Rendell was better at governing.”
#PAGov: Shorter PA Republican: “Rendell was better at governing.” Oh hey……remember how Tom Corbett has been comparing Tom Wolf to the liberal boogeyman Ed Rendell? Sortta like the governor’s latest campaign attack at? Well, Republican State Representative Kate Harper pretty much explained why Governor Rendell was a better “politician” than Tom Corbett.; __ATA.cmd.push(function() { __ATA.initVideoSlot(‘atatags-370373-6a3b42e17cc23’,…
#PAGov: Tom Corbett’s Big White Reelection Tent
#PAGov: Tom Corbett’s Big White Reelection Tent Tom Corbett’s reelection tent consists of of white people, and that’s it. Last week, the latest Franklin and Marshall poll showed that Corbett has a 2 percent approval rating among non-white people, with 40 percent undecided. Those 40 percent should have an asterisk next to it because most of…
Labor Day News Dump: FERC Hands Enbridge Permit for Tar Sands by Rail Facility
Labor Day News Dump: FERC Hands Enbridge Permit for Tar Sands by Rail Facility Editor’s Note: This is Steve Horn’s latest piece that originally appeared over at DeSmogBlog. Check out more of Steve’s work from DeSmogBlog and give everyone at DeSmogBlog some love – visit their site for some of the best research debunking misinformation about climate science on the web. On the…
Legal Case: White House Argues Against Considering Climate Change on Energy Projects
Legal Case: White House Argues Against Considering Climate Change on Energy Projects Just over a month before the United Nations convenes on September 23 in New York City to discuss climate change and activists gather for a week of action, the Obama White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) argued it does not have to offer guidance to federal agencies it…
Obama Opened Floodgates for Offshore Fracking in Recent Gulf of Mexico Lease
Obama Opened Floodgates for Offshore Fracking in Recent Gulf of Mexico Lease Editor’s Note: This is Steve Horn’s latest piece that originally appeared over at DeSmogBlog. Check out more of Steve’s work from DeSmogBlog and give everyone at DeSmogBlog some love – visit their site for some of the best research debunking misinformation about climate science on the web. In little-noticed news arising…
State Dept. Overseers of Contentious Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Workaround Have Industry, Torture Ties
State Dept. Overseers of Contentious Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Workaround Have Industry, Torture Ties Editor’s Note: This is Steve Horn’s latest piece that originally appeared over at DeSmogBlog. Check out more of Steve’s work from DeSmogBlog and give everyone at DeSmogBlog some love – visit their site for some of the best research debunking misinformation about climate science on the web. The Sierra…
Labor Day Assignment: Educating the Uninformed
Labor Day Assignment: Educating the Uninformed It’s Labor Day weekend, the schools have been in session about a week, and the disgruntled voices of a minority drone on. Their screeching refrain, often in letters to the editor and talk show call-ins, is familiar: Teachers only work half a year. Teachers are overpaid. Local school districts and…
Losing Confidence: Austerity, Vampires, and Drums at ESU
Losing Confidence: Austerity, Vampires, and Drums at ESU For eleven of the past twelve years, Kutztown University’s president welcomed faculty and staff to the new academic year by preaching the gospel of austerity, budget crisis, and gloom. Despite the evidence showing that Kutztown’s was in a better financial shape that almost every other PASSHE university, under…
#PAGov: Wolf’s Lead Up to 25 Points
#PAGov: Wolf’s Lead Up to 25 Points Remember when PoliticsPA wrote this? A new CBS/New York Times survey suggests that Democratic nominee Tom Wolf’s lead may not be as strong as previously thought. According to the online scientific poll, Wolf holds a 42% to 33% lead over Gov. Corbett. When you include respondents who lean towards a candidate,…
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