'Hardball' host would give Specter a run, poll finds:
If he were to challenge U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in 2010, Chris Matthews, the talkative host of "Hardball'' on MSNBC, would do well in the state's two largest counties, according to a poll out today.
Mr. Matthews, a native of the Philadelphia area, won support from 45 percent of the respondents from Philadelphia and Allegheny counties, compared to 32 percent for Mr. Specter in Philadelphia and 38 percent in Allegheny County, according to the Quinnipiac University Poll.
But the longtime Republican senator beat the talk show host in other areas of the state.
Mr. Matthews hasn't said if he's interested in running, but he has been mentioned as a possible Democratic candidate in some recent news stories around the state. His brother, Jim Matthews, is a Montgomery County commissioner and ran for lieutenant governor in 2006 with GOP gubernatorial candidate Lynn Swann.
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Turnpike / I-80 / Bonusgate Qunnipiac University Poll Results
(Hat tip to Brett Lieberman of the Patriot news) Here are the results to some of the questions contained on the latest Quinnipiac University poll of 1,580 Pennsylvania voters conducted July 30-Aug 3. The poll has a 2.5 percent margin of error.
A Spanish toll roads company has offered nearly 13 billion dollars to operate the Pennsylvania turnpike for 75 years. The proposal includes a cap on toll increases and protects the turnpike's union workers at least until their contract ends in 2011. Do you support or oppose this proposal?
29 percent support
60 percent oppose
Do you support or oppose putting tolls on Interstate 80 across Pennsylvania?
29 percent support
63 percent oppose
How much have you heard or read about Bonusgate, the legislative payrollbonus scandal - a lot, some, not much, or nothing at all?
20 percent - a lot
44 percent - some
15 percent - not much
12 percent - nothing.
Which political party do you blame for political corruption in the state legislature the Democrats or the Republicans or both parties equally?
Both equally - 73 percent
Democrats - 9 percent
Republicans - 15 percent.
Do you think House Majority leader Bill DeWeese should step down because of Bonusgate?
Yes - 53 percent
No - 11 percent
Don't know - 35 percent
A Spanish toll roads company has offered nearly 13 billion dollars to operate the Pennsylvania turnpike for 75 years. The proposal includes a cap on toll increases and protects the turnpike's union workers at least until their contract ends in 2011. Do you support or oppose this proposal?
29 percent support
60 percent oppose
Do you support or oppose putting tolls on Interstate 80 across Pennsylvania?
29 percent support
63 percent oppose
How much have you heard or read about Bonusgate, the legislative payrollbonus scandal - a lot, some, not much, or nothing at all?
20 percent - a lot
44 percent - some
15 percent - not much
12 percent - nothing.
Which political party do you blame for political corruption in the state legislature the Democrats or the Republicans or both parties equally?
Both equally - 73 percent
Democrats - 9 percent
Republicans - 15 percent.
Do you think House Majority leader Bill DeWeese should step down because of Bonusgate?
Yes - 53 percent
No - 11 percent
Don't know - 35 percent
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$4.50, $5.00, $7.50, or $10.00 a Gallon?
From Gary Bauer: .... Sen. McConnell brought a bill to the Senate floor that would allow increased oil exploration, but his bill had a catch – a trigger that only allows additional domestic drilling if the price of gas reached $4.50 a gallon. You see, Sen. McConnell was trying to find out just how much pain the anti-drilling radicals were willing to let you suffer at the pump before they would change their failed policies and vote to end their oil embargo against America. Guess what happened? Senate liberals objected.
So, Sen. McConnell tried again. What about $5.00 a gallon? Liberals objected. $7.50 a gallon? “Objection!” $10 a gallon? Again, Senate liberals objected. In short, there is no amount of pain at the pump that would cause liberals to abandon the radical environmentalist agenda and end their oil embargo on America. And yet, in a time of war and record energy prices, Senate Democrats voted [last week] to take a month-long vacation!
So, Sen. McConnell tried again. What about $5.00 a gallon? Liberals objected. $7.50 a gallon? “Objection!” $10 a gallon? Again, Senate liberals objected. In short, there is no amount of pain at the pump that would cause liberals to abandon the radical environmentalist agenda and end their oil embargo on America. And yet, in a time of war and record energy prices, Senate Democrats voted [last week] to take a month-long vacation!
Pelosi Backs Obama on Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
From the story: If Barack Obama is elected president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will support him in fulfilling his vow to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which currently protects states from having to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states as they ordinarily would be required to do by the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution.
The DOMA defines marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman for purposes of all federal laws. Signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996, the DOMA protects states from having to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states. Read more...
Another reason to support the Federal Marriage Protection Amendment (FMA).
The DOMA defines marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman for purposes of all federal laws. Signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996, the DOMA protects states from having to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states. Read more...
Another reason to support the Federal Marriage Protection Amendment (FMA).
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