USA TODAY: The premature coronation of Marco Rubio is a valuable cautionary tale for journalists and political pundits. For weeks we’ve been told that Rubio is the guy to watch in the rollicking, fascinating Republican presidential primary. The contest was becoming a three-man race, the savants said, featuring front-runner Donald Trump, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz […]
Capitolwire: Senate vote to remove Kane fails; House starts investigation.
By Kevin Zwick & Chris Comisac Capitolwire HARRISBURG (Feb. 10) – Attorney General Kathleen Kane survived a removal attempt Wednesday after the state Senate couldn’t muster the necessary two-thirds majority vote to remove her from office. But across the building Wednesday, the House voted overwhelmingly to start an investigation of Kane that could ultimately lead to […]
NEWS FLASH: State Senate vote to remove A. G. Kathleen Kane by “Direct Address” fails
Bill Keisling reports that a vote was taken by the Pennsylvania Senate to remove Attorney General Kathleen Kane from office and it failed. Much of the research that Keisling performed and reported here at NewsLanc was part of the discussion leading up to the vote. Keisling’s detailed report on what took place will follow tomorrow, if […]
Voices: Mexico weighs legal pot to combat cartels
USA TODAY: … [Businessman Armando] Santacruz and his partners at the non-profit studied the problem for years, inviting experts, drug czars and even ex-presidents to try to untangle the conundrum of drug-related crime in Mexico. Their conclusion: legalize marijuana and you erase a major profit stream for cartels, alleviate Mexico’s overcrowded prisons and actually bring down drug […]
AG Kathleen Kane’s Senate removal vote may kick off a whole new controversy
PENN LIVE: A Senate vote to remove Kathleen Kane from office planned for Wednesday may seem like an end… As of Tuesday, it remained unclear if proponents of Kane’s removal had the two-thirds majority necessary to invoke a clause in the state Constitution that was last used — unsuccessfully — in the 19th century… [Former Attorney […]
KEMP: Tonight We Cross an Ocean Four Centuries Long
By Amanda Kemp Do you remember the demonstrations at malls, court houses and hospitals where people staged die-ins? I remember dropping to the ground when the signal came. I remember the slow passage of time as the Park City Mall grew quiet and all I heard was my heart. When I arose, I looked […]
Senate to vote Wednesday on Kane ouster
PHILLY.COM: In a pivotal moment for Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s political future, the state Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on whether she should be removed from office. Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati (R., Jefferson) said senators will vote on whether Kane, whose law license was suspended after she was criminally charged last […]
PILING ON: Dimwitted, craven, herd driven media derides Cam Newton
By Robert Field Here is just another example of the media falling prey to ‘zeitgeist’ , a momentary expectations. A New York Times article, “After 6 Sacks, Bringing HImself Down” reports, on a press conference immediately following Sunday’s Super Bowl loss of the Carolina Panthers to the Denver Broncos by a score of 10 to 24. “It was as […]
Resolution to Investigate Attorney General Kane to Be Considered by the Full House
EDITOR’S NOTE: Rep Everett is proposing that the state legislature follow the proper procedure for investigating an elected official, leading to possible impeachment by the Assembly, and conceivable removal by the Senate. Presumably all of this would be done through hearings and in the public eye. By State Representative Garth Everett My House Resolution 659, […]
For many library visitors, I’m the only person they’ve talked to all day
GUARDIAN: …I helped a man recently who looked at the computer as if it were alien and picked up the mouse and pointed it at the screen, as you would do a remote control at the TV. He’d come to the library because it was somewhere he could access the internet for free and get […]
AG Kane slams appointment of mediator in Porngate case
PHILLY.COM: Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane on Sunday lambasted a judicial panel for naming a well-connected lawyer to mediate Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin’s Porngate case, calling it a step to “sweep his hate-filled emails under the rug.” Kane was reacting to the Court of Judicial Conduct’s decision to name prominent Philadelphia attorney […]
MILLER: Sitcom to govern Keystone state begins second season
By Dick Miller WE.CONNECT.DOTS: – The day after tomorrow begins the second season of the Hollywood sitcom, “Governing Pennsylvania.” Once again we wonder if the politically inept, liberal Democrat governor Tom Wolf is equal to the rascally bunch of Republican legislators sworn to prevent tax increases at all costs. Gov. Wolf boasts of the […]
More evidence of ‘Ole boys club’ desperation to block public hearings
February 7, 2016 Featured, News and Commentary Comments Edit By Robert Field “As Porngate hits state high court, Sprague brought in as mediator” is an article in Philly.com. The idea is the Supeme Court Judge J. Michael Eakin would not be subject to any public hearing, but rather his fate as a judge would be […]
In Republican Debate, Rivals Jab at Marco Rubio to Try to Slow His Rise
NEW YORK TIMES: Senator Marco Rubio of Florida was hammered as callow, ambitious and lacking in accomplishment during the Republican presidential debate here on Saturday night, as Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey led an all-out assault to try to halt Mr. Rubio’s growing momentum ahead of the critical New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. Mr. Rubio, facing the fiercest […]