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Why not go to the Labor Day Concert at West Point? Dull, right? Not really. This final outdoor concert of the season for the West Point Band will last from about 6PM until 9PM, and includes performances by our beloved Hellcats, the Jazz Knights, and the USMA Concert Band. The US Army Chorus will also perform. Now, I am no big fan of classical music, and would not drive 10 miles to see a concert, much less the 2+hrs this trip will take. Except for one thing: On the schedule is the 1812 Overture, complete with cannon and fireworks. I...

Latest poll gives Senator Arlen Specter a 54% to 36% lead.

Greenwood Escorts State Senator Joe Conti Around D.C.

Gannett Fails One-Newspaper Communities/Counties- Port Huron Times Herald a Queue for Government Intervention? In particular, with today’s concentration of all reporting medium with just a few companies- who determines the void or lack of reporting in the best interest to citizens. I’ve challenged a Gannett newspaper, the Times Herald of Port Huron Michigan of its obligation citizens in one-newspaper counties. There appears to be an immediate need to make certain legislation be brought requiring corporate newspapers to better report news and serving the communities they cover. At a crucial time with the 2004 Primary literally days away- this particular newspaper,...

The poll of 600 likely Republican voters in St. Clair County Michigan’s State Representative District 81 countywide found Alloway leading Pavlov by 12 points, 48 percent to 40 percent in a three-way race with Yale Republican Steve Pray Nader included in the ballot test.

“A Michigan Impossible until we work together ending illegal state house electioneering practices” Joe Alloway-R Michigan House District 81 St. Clair County Michigan PORT HURON – JULY 11, 2004 - Please listen to a recent interview (http://66.92.134.175/~benburch/old/TrupianoShow-(10-5-2004).mp3) exposing Michigan’s #1 area to reform and that’s ending illegal activities in Michigan’s House Republican Caucus Communications Office! Very few citizens asked have no idea of what that word means. Folks, the bottom line is we’ve had some major problems in this antiquated, 50-person staffed office and they’re just coming public. Take recent revelations of state employees assigned to representatives as campaign managers...

Former Rep. Ron Klink To Endorse Specter Over Fellow Democrat Hoeffel

I just got back last week from driving across the country, I live in Washington State and drove to PA in see my wifes family and took I-80 and I-90 back home. With my Bush/Cheney sticker from 2000 in my back window along with my W-04 sticker I got a aproviel rating of about 75% judging from the honks and thumbs ups from fellow drivers. Funny how I got the 1 finger salute from the folks with the Kerry stickers. My question to you is do you vent your hate and anger at fellow drivers on the road with a...

Last night, I was told that a report was recently published by some DC think-tank. This report ranked members of congress in order of taxpayer-friendliness, i.e. it examined their votes on tax-related bills and determined where any particular member of congress came in on higher or lower taxes for their constituents. The same person who told me about the report told me that a whopping 75% of house and senate members from my state were in the top 20 LEAST friendly to taxpayers in their voting records. Have any of you heard of this report? Can you point me to...

Are you a registered voter?? Do you know anyone who needs to register?? Check this out: http://www.ConservativeAlerts.com/vote.htm Ultra liberal "MoveOn" is attempting to register 100,000 new left wing voters. WE need to register 200,000 new conservative voters!! Just click on the above link, click on your State, fill in the necessary information, print it out, and mail it in!! It's a simple as that!! As you all know, this will be the most important election in our lifetime. Our future depends on it, and the future of our children depends on it. It is an election we MUST win!! DO...

The attorney general is one of the state's most heated primary races, but polls show most voters have no idea whom to pick. The Republican race for state attorney general appears to be wide open. News 8 found that you'd be hard pressed to find voters that can even name any of the candidates running for attorney general. In the News 8 Keystone poll that came out just last Wednesday of 400 registered Republicans polled, 71 percent reported they are undecided. The poll showed 16 percent favored Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor, and 13 percent favor former Attorney General...

I've seen the senate races heating up, but not nearly as much on the house seats. I'm mostly using information from DC POLITICAL REPORT and POLITICS1. STATES Alabama DISTRICT 3 - The other Mike Rogers (R) won in 02 with 50.3% over Democrat Joe Turnham(48.2%) in an open seat. So far, it looks as he is facing Democrat Bill Fuller, Ex-State Human Resources Commissioner. I haven't heard much about this race, but the first defense is hardest. Alaska SENATE - Lisa Murkowski(R) vs Ex governor Tony Knowles. This will be a tough race as Knowles is an ex-governor and Murkowski...

Darlin' Arlen By Tim Carney In the Pennsylvania primary battle between pro-choice liberal Sen. Arlen Specter (R) and pro-life conservative challenger Rep. Pat Toomey (R), self identified "conservatives" as well as "pro-life" voters are almost as likely to pledge support for Specter--who shrunk Bush's 2001 tax cut, supports Roe v. Wade and opposes school choice and tort reform--as for Toomey, who came to Washington as mostly conservative and has drifted right since then. Conservatives' mixed loyalties mirror the mixed messages they are receiving from the top figures on the right. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), a hero to pro-lifers, endorsed Specter...

BIG NEWS: SPECTER WEAK AT HOME Toomey Blog readers will recall that on Thursday, December 11, 2003 I posted a story on an Allentown Morning Call and Muhlenburg Colllege poll findng that, although Toomey trailed Specter 52 to 25 statewide, "The same poll also said Toomey leads Specter 57 percent to 29 percent among registered Republican voters in Lehigh and Northampton counties." For those who aren't good with math, on Toomey's home turf, he crushed Specter by 28 points. One would think Specter would enjoy a similar lead on his home turf. WRONG! "Lehigh Valley U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey is...

"State and local tax officials are salivating at the prospect of sinking their fangs into the Internet, one of the last remaining outlets of tax freedom in this country," Adam Thierer, director of telecommunications studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, told UPI. No one knows for sure which type of bill will emerge -- a permanent moratorium or a temporary one -- or whether it will all Internet access tax-free. The White House backs a permanent ban on taxes, and the issue might become more politicized during this year's election campaign involving President George W....

Can someone please tell me Toomey's record on abortion? I was told by someone who works for Santorum, who was moved to Spector's race, that Toomey really isn't pro-life, that he used to be pro-choice. Can someone let me know where I can find information on his record? Thanks.

Journalists, political pundits and other Hysteric Left activists are desperately trying to spin some cosmic significance out of Sunday's Spanish elections. The "conventional wisdom" is that the Spanish Election results are some sort of significant defeat for President Bush and the War on Terror. As usual the "News Media's" thinking is neither conventional nor wise. What all the various activists miss is the reality of American Exceptionalism. As much as the International Political Left hates, and try's to deny, the reality is the USA operates on a completely different political level then the rest of the world. On Sunday, the...

The reason for my apology was that throughout this primary season we have been hearing about the record turnout of voters participating in Democrat caucuses and primaries. I bought the lie. The truth is that, except for Iowa and New Hampshire, there has not been any sort of record turnout for the Democrats. Even in New Hampshire the vote was far less than what the Republicans had when they last had a contested primary in 2000. The Democrats this year had 219,787 votes in their primary. The GOP in 2000 had 239,523 votes. That 20,000 difference is major in a...

Vote.com has a vote on President Bush's current Ads. Please take a minute to vote here http://www.vote.com/vote/60212434/index.phtml

http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/3/6/121052.shtml Well isn't this intresting. The "objective news media" supposed 9-11 surviors protesting Bush's ads are actually anti-war stooges financed by John Kerry's wife. Please take a moment and vist the New York Times, Washington Post, MSNBC, CBS, NBC and ABC etc to email the Omsbudsman, the Publisher, the News Editor and demand to know why they allowed clearly partisan advocates of Kerry's Presidential Campaign were presented on their "News" programs with no reference to their ties to the Kerry camp. We absolutely must demand the "News Media" be held accountable for their free advertising for the Kerry camp.

http://www.georgewbush.com/tvads/ Here is a link to the 1st three Bush Re-election ads. As expected the DNC directed its "Objective News Media" mouthpieces at CNN, NBC, CBS and ABC to generate phoney hysteria about these ads. Compared to the demogagery and lies spread by the Kerry Campaign, Moveon.org and the DNC about Bush for the last 6 months, this is probably the mildest sets of ads that have run so far this political season. Please email this link to every person on you email contact list. We need to get as many people as possible to see these ads. They are...

Now that John Kerry is the slam-dunk Democratic presidential nominee, all of the political speculation turns to the selection of his running mate. He needs to pick someone who is an ideological soul mate and agrees with him on most big issues. Someone with an unimpeachable record of successfully and consistently arguing the case for left-of-center policies: liberal judicial appointees, smaller tax cuts, bigger investment in social-welfare programs. Someone from a large and competitive state. Someone who will further energize the left-wing base of the Democratic party. Someone who knows how to pick fights with conservatives on key issues of...

Conservatives should write in Tom Tancredo in the primary ballot to demonstrate the depth of concern we have with the President. If enough do this, he will get the message.

http://www.petitiononline.com/04norino/ State Committee: Vote NO to a Specter Endorsement View Current Signatures - Sign the Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/04norino/ To: Pennsylvania Party and Public Officials Whereas, Arlen Specter has failed to support many of the core values held by most Republicans and has instead supported many liberal positions in line with the Democratic party's platform and whereas, Arlen Specter failed to support former President Ronald Reagan’s appointment of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court and whereas, Arlen Specter later supported controversial judge Frederica Messiah-Jackson for a lifetime appointment by President William Clinton to a federal judgeship and whereas, liberal Arlen Specter...

Ophthamologist Melissa Brown pulled farther ahead of the Republican pack when she received the endorsement of Republican Montgomery County Commissioner Jim Matthews.

Below is a list of each state and its "Political Party statistics", meaning that state's current governor, U.S. Senators, U.S. Congressmen, and who they voted for in the 2000 election.  This is useful data in trying to predict future voting trends.   AlabamaGovernor Bob Riley (R)Senator Richard Shelby (R)Senator Jeff Sessions (R)5 Republican Congressmen2 Democrat Congressmen2000 Election: Bush AlaskaGovernor Frank Murkowski (R)Senator Lisa Murkowski (R)Senator Ted Stevens (R)1 Republican Congressman2000 Election: Bush ArizonaGovernor Janet Napolitano (D)Senator John McCain (R)Senator Jon Kyl (R)6 Republican Congressmen2 Democrat Congressmen2000 Election: Bush ArkansasGovernor Mike Huckabee (R)Senator Blanche Lincoln (D)Senator Mark Pryor (D)3 Democrat Congressmen1 Republican Congressman2000 Election:...

Specter's Broken Promise: Day 10 Liberal Senator's dishonest, negative ads thumb nose at Party, Chairman Novak Press Release Wednesday, October 15, 2003 ALLENTOWN - Liberal Senator Arlen Specter (R-Philadelphia) is proving that he is the candidate for the Republican nomination that can't be trusted. Two weeks after promising Republican State Party Chairman Alan Novak that he would cease running campaign ads until after the November 2003 election, the Specter campaign continues its barrage of dishonest and negative ads against Congressman Toomey. "This is just the negative manner in which Senator Arlen Specter operates," said campaign spokesman Joe Sterns. "For the...

<p>Dan Onorato, the Democratic nominee for Allegheny County chief executive, has picked up the endorsement of state Treasurer Barbara Hafer, a Republican and former ally of his opponent, incumbent Jim Roddey.</p> <p>Hafer, of Elizabeth Borough, touted Onorato yesterday as the candidate with "better vision."</p>

Why I'm running against Sen. Specter By PATRICK J. TOOMEY THE REPUBLICAN Party today has an extraordinary opportunity to govern America. For the first time in 70 years (but for two fleeting years in the early 1950s), Republicans control the entire elected government in Washington. What we do with this opportunity is up to us. We can advance the agenda most Republicans believe in, or we can squander the opportunity. As a lifelong liberal, Arlen Specter does not, and will not, support a conservative agenda. When I get elected to the U.S. Senate next year, I'll make sure that we...

An environmental activist stepped out of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race yesterday and pledged support for U.S. Rep. Joe Hoeffel, the Montgomery County Democrat who has yet to officially declare his candidacy. John Hanger, a former state public utilities commissioner who heads the Harrisburg environmental group PennFuture, endorsed Hoeffel as he announced plans to drop his exploratory campaign. Hanger called Hoeffel a candidate who could beat Sen. Arlen Specter or U.S. Rep. Patrick Toomey, who will face each other in next year's Republican primary. Frank Custer, a Hoeffel spokesman, said the congressman will declare his candidacy shortly.

<p>U.S. Rep. Joseph Hoeffel, a Montgomery County Democrat, has all but officially announced that he is a candidate for the U.S. Senate, setting the stage for a possible campaign against Republican incumbent Arlen Specter in November 2004. The three-term congressman will make his intentions known "within the next few weeks," a spokesman said.</p>

High court says it will take up Pa. redistricting The case could determine how much influence party politics should have when election maps are redrawn. By Carrie Budoff Inquirer Staff Writer The U.S. Supreme Court agreed yesterday to take up a Pennsylvania congressional redistricting case that could settle the question of how much party politics can influence new election maps. The justices will decide whether to uphold Pennsylvania's congressional redistricting maps, which prompted confusion in last year's primary campaigns when Democrats succeeded in getting the courts to strike down the plan drawn up by the Republican-controlled legislature. The Supreme Court...

ELECTION 2000 (and what needs to be made up for 04) Right now, I’m assuming the dem nominee is Kerry, Graham, Dean, Edwards, or Gephardt. I expect Lieberman to lose badly in the primary since he’s too ‘conservative’. Sharpton, Mosely-Braun, and Dennis the Menace are jokes. One never won a race. One even lost in Illinois. One wrecked Cleveland. Wesley Clark is an interesting candidate, and could make things interesting. I don’t care what any poll says right now, things will tighten up by 04. It ALWAYS does. We also got to play ball like we are trailing. States Bush...

Congressman Toomey and Senator Specter are both registered Republicans, but the candidates differ drastically on the issues. Check back each week to find out another issue which they disagree. This week: Congressman Toomey has never voted for a tax increase. Senator Specter has voted for 5 major taxes increases, two of them were the largest in American history at the time.

<p>One Republican "moderate" has been conspicuously absent in the revolt against President Bush's tax cut: Pennsylvania's Sen. Arlen Specter. The reason is Pat Toomey.</p> <p>Mr. Specter, who's seeking a fifth term next year, must first face Mr. Toomey, a GOP congressmen from Allentown, Pa., in an April 2004 primary. What is more, the primary is closed, which means that only Republicans may participate. This helps not just Mr. Toomey but Senate Republicans in general, at least for the next 11 months.</p>

WASHINGTON--Like many members of the House of Representatives, Pat Toomey, a 41-year-old Pennsylvania Republican, hankers to move to the chamber on the other side of the Capitol. But he has a wee problem. Pennsylvania already has two Republican senators. Rick Santorum, 45, is a rising star--he is chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the third-highest leadership post--midway through his second term. The other Republican senator is Arlen Specter, 73, who next year will seek his fifth term. Toomey, who term-limited himself by pledging to serve only three terms and who is in his third, says, with sincere serenity, he will...

Republican challenger Sam Katz has made a race of the fund-raising battle for City Hall, as campaign-finance reports filed yesterday show that he and Mayor Street both have more than $3 million available to spend on the coming campaign. While Street is about $224,000 ahead in cash on hand, Katz outraised Street in the first five months of the year, pulling in more than $4 million to Street's roughly $2.5 million. "I think we're doing a better job of raising money," Katz said in an interview yesterday. "I'm gratified by the extensive support that's materialized both in money, in volunteers...

PHILADELPHIA - Republican mayoral candidate Sam Katz kicked off his campaign Thursday as the man who narrowly defeated him four years ago, incumbent Democrat John F. Street, marked the one-year anniversary of a program to shut down open-air drug markets. Katz, speaking to about 100 supporters outside a South Philadelphia restaurant, said the city had lost "momentum" and was having continued population loss, business woes and problems with its schools. "I am running to end the cronyism, the cynicism and the secrecy inside City Hall," Katz told the crowd. He accused Street of practicing "the politics of division and confrontation"...

Moving aggressively to unite behind a top prospect in one of their most vulnerable open seats, Congressional Republicans are set to unofficially kick off the race for Pennsylvania's 15th district tonight by hosting two events for the state lawmaker they want to succeed Rep. Pat Toomey. State Sen. Charlie Dent, described as the "heir apparent" to the party's nomination, will be the featured guest at back-to-back meet-and-greet events at the Capitol Hill Club. National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) is hosting one reception for Dent, sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce PAC. A separate event is being...

Despite three years as incumbent, Mayor Street begins his re-election campaign in a dead-heat in his rerun with Republican challenger Sam Katz, a Daily News/FoxPhiladelphia Keystone Poll has found.

Rendell says he won't sign new state budget By CHRIS BRENNAN brennac@phillynews.com IT IS the budget Gov. Rendell hated to propose and the state General Assembly loved to pass. And this week, it's history. Rendell yesterday said he will not sign into law the cost-slashing $20.8 billion state spending plan he introduced on March 4. "I'll veto it or line-item veto it," Rendell said yesterday while reading the newspaper in Schuylkill River Park. "But I'm not going to sign it." Rendell said revenue estimates due today will show how much money the state has collected in taxes up to March...

Ohio Congressmen Jailed: I think it's a travisty "they" but James A. Traficant Jr. in Jail for the same stuff they all do. People - 8/5/02

As we sorrowfully know, Ed Rendell will be sworn in today as Governor. Of course, he was elected Governor by Philadelphia, or rather the Philadelphia media, around ten years ago. Time does fly. In less than 2 years, we will have our chance to prove that Rendell was fleeting. In addition to re-electing President Bush and Senator Specter, we have three constitutional offices to win. Please post any comments about the future of PA politics here.

At the Montgomery County Young Republicans Annual Bruce Fox luncheon Saturday, Congressman Pat Toomey said he is strongly considering a run for the U.S. Senate in 2004. Included in the audience: County Commissioner Jim Matthews, state representatives, committee members and activists. (01/06/03)

The ENEMY forged the stolen steel Delighted at the pain we would soon feel A hot branding iron to burn a 9 and 11 In the hearts of all righteous under Heaven The demons smiled and admired their work Then dedicated it with an unholy curse The plans were laid well, the deceptions intact With stooges called "martyrs" they began the attack They boarded the planes with thin, tight-lipped smiles Politely nodding to each small child - In a short time they’d know TERROR too real When their KILLERS captured the pilot’s wheel May the TWIN TOWERS of bright beacon...

The ENEMY forged the stolen steel Delighted at the pain we would soon feel A hot branding iron to burn a 9 and 11 In the hearts of all righteous under Heaven The demons smiled and admired their work Then dedicated it with an unholy curse The plans were laid well, the deceptions intact With stooges called "martyrs" they began the attack They boarded the planes with thin, tight-lipped smiles Politely nodding to each small child - In a short time they’d know TERROR too real When their KILLERS captured the pilot’s wheel May the TWIN TOWERS of bright beacon...

Poll: Brown closing gap on Hoeffel NORRISTOWN - A new poll of likely voters shows Republican Melissa Brown has closed the gap in her race against Congressman Joseph M. Hoeffel III. The poll of 300 likely voters from Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District showed Hoeffel leading Brown 43 percent to 35 percent. With a margin of error of 5 percent, that puts Brown neck and neck with Hoeffel, she says. The poll was conducted for the National Republican Congressional Committee by Washington, D.C.-based Public Opinion Strategies. Brown, a Flourtown eye doctor, says the poll proves her message is resonating with voters....

Oklahoma CD # 1 10/29/2002 Sullivan (R) 56% Dodd (D) 41% Undecided/Other 3% Data Collected 10/26/02 - 10/28/02 Geography Oklahoma CD # 1 Universe 630 Likely Voters Margin of Error 4.0% Client KJRH-TV Tulsa ----- Pennsylvania Governor 10/29/2002 Rendell (D) 56% Fisher (R) 37% Other 5% Undecided 2% Data Collected 10/26/02 - 10/28/02 Geography State of Pennsylvania Universe 668 Likely Voters Margin of Error 3.9% Client KDKA-TV Pittsburgh ----- Tennessee Governor 10/29/2002 Bredesen (D) 48% Hilleary (R) 44% Undecided/Other 8% Data Collected 10/26/02 - 10/28/02 Geography State of Tennessee Universe 726 Likely Voters Margin of Error 3.8% Client WBIR-TV Knoxville...

Democrat Tim Holden received the endorsement of Barbra Streisand. Other endorsements went to Democrats Bob Brady, Chaka Fattah, Dan Wofford, Joe Hoeffel, and Ed O'Brien. Gekas spokesman Mike Shields: “Congressman Gekas has been endorsed by President Bush and Speaker Hastert. Tim Holden has been endorsed by Barbra Streisand and Hillary Clinton, who has contributed to his campaign. Voters should decide if they want the Gekas/Bush/Hastert team or the Holden/Streisand/Hillary team.” (10/29/02)

Received this in my email box tonight http://www.rnc.org/flash/bushsavestheday.html