WASHINGTON POST COLUMN: …One of the tasks of political analysis is to make sense of conflicting information, and a new book by Stanley Greenberg, who was a political scientist before he became a Democratic pollster, does not shy away from the messiness of our social and electoral landscape. My Dickensian “best of times, worst of […]

WASHINGTON POST COLUMN: …One of the tasks of political analysis is to make sense of conflicting information, and a new book by Stanley Greenberg, who was a political scientist before he became a Democratic pollster, does not shy away from the messiness of our social and electoral landscape. My Dickensian “best of times, worst of […]

The GOP did not re-elect Tom Corbett last year, but the second best outcome for that party may have been the election of Wolf. Using his own money, Wolf easily outdistanced three primary competitors, all with more political experience and endorsements.

If the Pennsylvania Senate succeeds in forcing Attorney General Kathleen Kane from office by distorting the meaning of a long dormant 19th Century law, the entire concept of three co-equal bodies – legislative, executive and judicial – will have been replaced by the ability of the Senate alone to discharge elected public officials at its whim and pleasure.

PENNLIVE.COM: Amid the most imminent threat to her office yet, Attorney General Kathleen Kane vowed to redouble her efforts to root out pornographic and otherwise offensive emails exchanged by state officials. Pennsylvania’s top law enforcement officer plans to announce a team of special prosecutors next week who will “go through every public email account trafficking […]

“If we can redirect a dollar — that currently goes to the system for some bureaucratic expense — to the libraries, there’s no reason we shouldn’t do that,’ Danz said.”

POLITICO: Senate Republicans plan to insert a provision into a must-pass government funding bill that would vastly expand the amount of cash that political parties could spend on candidates, multiple sources tell POLITICO. The provision, which sources say is one of a few campaign-finance related riders being discussed in closed-door negotiations over a $1.15 trillion […]

A dispute has taken place among contributors as to what the Pennsylvania Constitution has to say about who is subject to impeachment. Below is the relevant excerpts from Pennsylvania Constitution: Power of Impeachment Section 4. The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment. Trial of Impeachments Section 5. All impeachments shall be […]

The letter also referenced Feudale’s personal relationship of former prosecutor Frank Fina, who now is in the Philadelphia district attorney’s office…

Turns out, there are still papers, media companies, that really value local columnists, writers who are an identifiable face and voice in the community, someone who generates a following, who generates heat, who generates interest. And I know how to be that guy.