From POLITICO:
The fallout from the Jerry Sandusky scandal — the former Penn State assistant football coach was sentenced Tuesday to 30-60 years in prison — is reverberating through Pennsylvania politics, potentially spelling trouble for Gov. Tom Corbett’s 2014 reelection bid…
“It is potentially a problem for Gov. Corbett. The polls clearly show that there is voter concern about the way it was handled. It was done on his watch,” [pollster Terry] Madonna said. “You have to get into the whole ball of wax: Did he go slow? Were victims hurt? Did he play politics with it?”…
“How could it have lingered for so long in the attorney general’s office without getting the proper attention? Once he became a trustee at the university, how could he have not blown the whistle on this? I’m not accusing him of anything, but these are serious questions that need to be answered,” [Josh Shapiro, Montgomery County Commissioners chairman ] told POLITICO. “He has not been an effective communicator on a whole host of issues and on the Sandusky matter — how he’s handled it has raised more questions.”
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