Bob Casey Backs Marriage Equality
Well, that took long enough. After being one of just nine U.S. Democratic Senators who still opposed marriage equality, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) came out today in favor of the LGBT community enjoying equal rights on that front, in an interview with the Morning Call and a public statement released to the press. “After much deliberation and after reviewing...
Continue ReadingU.S. Sen. Bob Casey Still Not Moving on Marriage Equality
Proving old habits die hard, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) hasn’t made a decision. This time, it’s over marriage equality in the United States. The same week numerous U.S. senators from blue and red states — Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Mark Warner of Virginia, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, and others — have come out for marriage equality to the accompaniment...
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Now Sen. Casey Will Support Tougher Gun Laws
In Pennsylvania, if you want to come off as “moderate,” and you’re a Democrat, you’ve got to know where to draw the line. For Sen. Bob Casey, his chalk has sketched out two such boundaries: abortion and guns. Ever since his 2006 campaign, the just-reelected U.S. senator has taken the conservative position on both. He even campaigned in 2012 on his “record...
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DAILY GRINDER: 7 Northeast States—but not Pennsylvania—Sue EPA Over Methane
Seven states are suing the Environmental Protection Agency, saying it is “failing to address methane emissions from oil and gas drilling,” according to the Associated Press. And, not surprisingly, Pennsylvania is not one of the suing states. (OK, so: methane good; health care bad. Got it.) After all, the American Petroleum Institute says the suit “makes...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Philly’s Anti-Obesity Policy Recognized—for Success
Think Progress blogged yesterday about Philadelphia’s drop in the childhood obesity rate (it’s gone down about 5 percent) and are crediting things like, well, our Mayor’s and city’s obesity-reduction policies, especially as it’s effected minorities. “Philadelphia, which has the biggest share of residents living in poverty of the nation’s 10...
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DAILY GRINDER: Ed Rendell Urges More Fracking—In New York!
Former Governor Ed Rendell is attempting to peer-pressure New York Governor Andrew Cuomo into overturning that state’s fracking ban—because “it’s a good thing to do.” That’s at least what he’s telling the New York Post, which, unsurprisingly, has published a pretty not-so-flattering picture of the former guv, because that’s their thing (not...
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DAILY GRINDER: Gov. Corbett Trails ‘Generic Democrat’ in Re-Election Bid
Gov. Tom Corbett has announced—surprise!—he will seek re-election in 2014. According to a PPP poll, the governor trails a “generic Democrat” by 10 points today. That might make many of you libs giddy, but know this: it’s hard to put faith in “generic” anything, because candidates are almost never generic. They have a personality, a face, a voice...
Continue ReadingFour Weird Things They Said About the Election in Pennsylvania—Just This Week
Can you feel it? That’s the “Goodbye Cruel World” sensation of dread both liberals and conservatives are getting as the election draws near. Is Obama up in Ohio? Is Chris Christie giving the election to the Democrats? Is Wisconsin in play for Mitt Romney? What about Minnesota? Is that even still a state? Who lives there? And where the hell is my Chinese...
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New Pennsylvania Ad Says Obama, Casey ‘Persecuting Catholic Church’
It is generally tough to find good things to say about Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey. The dude is boring, he doesn’t really take much of a stand on anything. Nothing he co-sponsored has ever been signed into law—which is a mighty strange statistic. But when you’re writing anti-Robo-Tripping legislation, what do you expect? But then there are the people...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: New Attack Ads Hit PA Senate Candidates on Coal, Education
Looks like it’s on in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Senate race between Tom Smith and Bob Casey is getting heated and all that talk about Smith not having name-recognition during the early campaign is over—now, voters are wondering who his opponent is…this Bob Casey guy who’s been hiding for six years? Nope, sorry. Haven’t heard of him. So a Democratic Political...
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