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A week before election day and Dan Onorato has sent around a Facebook invite to his election night party which invites guests to “Come Celebrate with Dan as we make a big step in bringing real reform to Harrisburg! ”

Thus far 55 people have RSVPed yes for the event.

Looks like the Onorato campaing is confident about election day. Read more »

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The Joe Hoeffel campaign announced today that they are joining Onorato and Williams on TV.

Here’s the ad:

It has taken a while for this race to really start getting wide attention.  With plenty of undecided voters still out there, the compressed timeline may serve to level the playing field.  If the other candidates are able to afford TV in these final weeks up until the election, then Onorato has essentially lost his fundraising advantage.  With all 4 candidates expected to be on TV this week, the volatile race may be settled by the campaign that is better able to put together a strong field campaign and who can run the best Election Day program.

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Anthony Williams launched an ad challenging Dan Onorato’s record on change.  The Onorato campaign has used this ad in 2 different fund raising emails this week.  The polls released today show Onorato way ahead of the other candidates in the race.   If Onorato is so far ahead of the other candidates why is he sending out multiple emails about the ad from the Williams campaign and drawing more attention to the ads from Williams.  What do you think?

Here is the ad from the Williams campaign (h/t to PA2010.com – it took us a while to find this ad on youtube)

The onorato campaign has sent fundraising emails on Monday May 2 and Tuesday May 3 – asking for contributions to help to grow support for Onorato.

Here is the email from today:
Dear Friends,

With the May 18th primary two weeks away, two new polls show that our campaign is building even more momentum and Dan Onorato is establishing big leads over his competitors.

These results prove that Dan’s message of economic growth and government reform is resonating with Pennsylvanians.  His opponents, on the other hand, are not connecting with voters and are failing to gain any traction.

As a result, they are becoming desperate.

Tony Williams released a new attack ad yesterday that attempts to mislead voters on Dan’s record and accomplishments in Allegheny County.

Williams’ ad is so misleading and dishonest that it really shouldn’t merit a response.  Unfortunately, we cannot allow these false attacks to go unanswered.

We need your help to fight back and continue telling Pennsylvania voters the truth about Dan Onorato.  With only days left before Election Day, it is now more important than ever that we ensure our message is reaching everywhere in the state.

Click here to make a contribution and help us fight back.

The truth is that Dan has been a strong and effective County Executive.

His county’s unemployment rate is below the state’s and the nation’s, and he has helped drive Pittsburgh’s turnaround over the last few years – a fact highlighted yesterday by Forbes Magazine’s designation of Pittsburgh as “America’s Most Livable City,” because of its low unemployment, high income growth and low crime rate.

We definitely have the momentum.  In the Muhlenberg/Morning Call daily tracking poll, Onorato earns 36%, Joe Hoeffel and Tony Williams each earn 9% and Jack Wagner earns 8%.

A Quinnipiac University poll shows Onorato at 36% and Hoeffel at 9%, with Williams and Wagner each at 8%.

And I know that with your continued help, we can send Dan to Harrisburg to create the kind of real change Pennsylvania needs.

Click here to make a contribution so we can fight back against the false attacks.

Thank you,

Mike Butler
Finance Director

Hello, everyone.  It’s Bram from the Pittsburgh Comet.  I’m going to be doing some blogging also over here now.  How are you.

My concern lately has revolved around the epic Post-Gazette article dated April 11th of this year about “Democratic rainmaker” Edward J. Grattan.  It was a fascinating article about someone that I vaguely knew existed, but knew absolutely nothing about.

The “news hook” was that he is disputing a five-figure water bill in court, but the story delves quickly into disputed overdue federal tax bills — as well as his seemingly powerful roles both as political fundraiser and public development financier.

Or something.  You need to real the whole thing several times and you need to tell me in the comments what sort of animal we are beholding.  I don’t get the sense that it’s anything new, or anything unique, but I get the sense that it’s something ephemeral that is always on the edges of our politics.  Please discuss.

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