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Opponent claims Catholic candidate, father of six, too busy for office by Thomas Peters on May 13th, 2010 Can a Catholic father of six handle the responsibilities of public office?Ms. Buchanan, who is competing with Keith Rothfus in Pennsylvania-4’s GOP primary next Tuesday, doesn’t think so. Daron Christopher writes: With little to distinguish her on issues or experince with her opponent, lawyer Keith Rothfus, [Mary Beth Buchanan] has settled on making the case that he has too many children to serve effectively in Congress. From Sunday’s Post-Gazette:The married mother of a grown daughter had another message for the married...

The most important member of Congress this month may be a man you've never heard of: Jason Altmire, a painfully earnest former hospital executive from near Pittsburgh. Why? Because as Jason Altmire goes, so goes the nation -- at least when it comes to the Democrats' quest for healthcare reform. Altmire, 41, is a centrist "Blue Dog" Democrat -- a fiscal conservative who opposes big spending and higher taxes. His Republican-leaning district voted for John McCain in 2008 even as it sent Altmire back to Congress for his second term. In November, Altmire was one of 39 Democrats who voted...