Pennsylvania US Senate race

The latest polling has former State Rep Sam Rohrer leading the field of Republican contenders to replace Democrat Bob Casey who beat the last "conservative" in the presidential race Rick Santorum by 18% in 2006.

He's at 16% to 12% for Tom Smith, 10% for David Christian, 8% for Marc Scaringi, and 5% for Steve Welch. The big winner though is undecided- 48% of voters say they don't yet know who they'll choose.

Right now Casey beats them all handily. That will change.

Casey 49 – Rohrer 34
Casey 50 – Christian 32
Casey 49 – Smith 31
Casey 49 – Scaringi 29
Casey 49 – Welch 29

Great Headlines from the past week

Noted Democrat-Turned-Republican Endorses Democrat-Turned-Republican Over Democrat-Turned-Republican for U.S. Senate




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No Constant But Change: No Decision On #Redistricting Appeal; Primary Still Set For April 24 -- Until It Isn't.

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I predict that Keegan Gibson and John Micek will be entertaining job offers from the NY Post in the near future.

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Laureen Cummings for Congress

I don't know if this is for real as I'm going on 1 sentence in a TL story about campaign fundraising. The one Republican to confirm she has entered the race is Tea Party activist Laureen Cummings of Old Forge, who recently dropped her bid to run for U.S. Senate.

The photo on the left is from the Fall 2010 Blogfest. Her Facebook page doesn't mention anything about a run for Congress. She was running for US Senate but dropped out and endorsed Tim Burns. The Pennsylvania Republican Party endorsed Steve Welch after some arm twisting by Governor Tom Corbett.

Speaking of Blogfest we will gathering at Rooney's Irish Pub on March 30th for what many people say is their favorite political event. You can RSVP at our Facebook Event page.