Just got email from Fisher camp:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 3, 2002
CONTACT: Kent Gates
717-234-7564
FISHER/EARLL NOT SURPRISED AT HAFER'S ANNOUNCEMENT
HARRISBURG - State Treasurer Barbara Hafer is set to endorse Ed Rendell
tomorrow, September 4, 2000, at a series of events in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg
and Philadelphia. Mike Fisher has the following reaction to the news:
"I am not surprised that Barbara Hafer will endorse Ed Rendell tomorrow. She
is making public what she has been doing for the past three months,
supporting Ed Rendell. Tomorrow's announcement is irrelevant to our equation
to victory," said Mike Fisher.
Barbara Hafer has supported other Democrats in the past - most notably Marty
Weinberg in the 1999 Philadelphia Mayor's race - so tomorrow's news should
not come as a surprise to anyone who follows state politics. Despite these
incidents, Republicans have supported Barbara Hafer - most notably in her
close 2000 re-election for Treasurer.
"In January of this year, Mike Fisher asked Jane Earll to run with him for
Lt. Governor because Jane represents the future of not just women in the
Republican Party, but women in politics and government. Tomorrow, Ed Rendell
will surround himself with the political women of the past, Catherine Baker
Knoll and Barbara Hafer. This stands in stark contrast with Mike Fisher who
is running with Jane Earll," said Fisher Campaign Manager Kent Gates.
"In 2000, Barbara Hafer questioned Catherine Baker Knoll's tenure as
Treasurer. Now Barbara Hafer stands with Catherine Baker Knoll to help her
become Lt. Governor. The questions for Treasurer Hafer are: Did the Knoll
scandal go away? What changed from 2000?" questioned Gates.
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