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AND NOW for another Holly Kinser episode. The statuesque blonde lobbyist known for attracting the spotlight because of her friendship with Democrat Ed Rendell and her divorce from state House Democratic Leader Bill DeWeese had a little encounter of the Republican kind. It was last week in a Harrisburg hotel, then in a nightclub. It was over the governor's race. And it wasn't pretty. "It was about as confrontational a conversation as I've seen in this town in 10 years," said a witness to the nightclub scene. There were two parts to the evening. Kinser, a lobbyist for Wojdak &...

<p>When Teamsters and demonstrators clashed during a Bill Clinton-attended money-raiser in Philadelphia in 1998, few could have predicted the melee might affect the Pennsylvania governor's race four years later.</p> <p>But Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ed Rendell could be forced off the campaign trail this fall to defend himself in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by two protesters injured in the altercation. Rendell was Philadelphia mayor at the time.</p>

Pittsburgh Post Gazette Editorial: Where's her beef? / Hafer's defection is good copy but perplexing Editorial: Where's her beef? / Hafer's defection is good copy but perplexing Thursday, September 05, 2002 State Treasurer Barbara Hafer's decision to cross party lines and endorse Democrat Ed Rendell for governor provides a high for political junkies (and probably some hives for Republican nominee Mike Fisher). But it is difficult to find substance beneath the sensationalism. It seems inadequate to attribute Ms. Hafer's defection to pique at being pressured to pull out of the Republican primary in favor of the better-financed Mr. Fisher. But...

So I went down to the City-County Building in Pittsburgh this morning to protest Pennsylvania Treasurer Barbara Hafer's endorsement of Rendell. I know this was not an official FREEP - but thought I would post this report anyway. Republicans are lame. Republicans in Pittsburgh are usually really lame. Despite mass emails to Young Republicans and other Republican distro lists, only about 20 pro-Fisher people showed. I know that it is tough during a business day, and that unlike most Dems, Republicans have jobs. At least they had huge signs already made up: Benedict BARBARA; and quotes from Hafer ripping on...

Hafer crossing party lines to back Rendell for governor Tuesday, September 03, 2002By James O'Toole, Post-Gazette Politics Editor State Treasurer Barbara Hafer, a Republican, will cross party lines to endorse Democrat Ed Rendell in his race for governor against GOP Attorney General Mike Fisher. The surprise development will be showcased in Fisher's political back yard in a press conference tomorrow morning on the steps of the City-County Building in Downtown Pittsburgh. Hafer and Rendell will then set out on a cross-state tour with stops in Harrisburg and Philadelphia later in the day. Hafer is to continue to campaign actively for...