Chester County Democratic Committee

At PA2010.com, 9/2/10 The claims are made so often, and so casually, that they’ve seemingly become part of Republican political DNA this year: the economic stimulus package didn’t create jobs, and taxes have gone up under Democrats. In recent months, one or both claims have been made by, among other Pennsylvania candidates or their respective [...]

“…a recent New York Times/CBS News poll reveals that 20 percent of Americans believe Obama was born in another country, and that another quarter aren’t sure he was American-born. … A national Harris poll this spring found that 57 percent of Republicans believe that Obama is in fact a Muslim (and, for good measure, 38 [...]

excerpt from “A political gambit that hopefully will never be imitated” = Daily Local News editorial, 8/12/10: …We think the election board should be condemned for discriminating against all voters. Chester County does not usually try that kind of thing. It is unseemly and uncalled for. The majority Republican Party in Chester County cared little [...]

email from DSCC, 7/22/10 Sharron Angle talks about “Second-Amendment remedies” for government “tyranny.” Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson says he’s “glad there’s global warming.” These Republicans are radical, ridiculous and out of touch with reality, and voters need to know it. We couldn’t make this stuff up, but we can keep track of it. And we’ve made [...]

By Joe Mandak, Associated Press, in the Phila Inquirer, 7/22/10 PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania lawmaker and one of her sisters will stand trial on charges they had the state senator’s taxpayer-funded staff do campaign work for the senator and another sister, a state Supreme Court justice. State Sen. Jane Orie and her sister, Janine, [...]

email from Democracy Rising PA, 4/7/10 Senate Republican Whip Jane Orie, R-Allegheny, and her sister Janine Orie, an aide to another sister Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin, have been arraigned on charges of orchestrating illegal campaign work using tax-funded resources in the senator’s district office. The accusation covers election campaigns from 2001 through 2009, [...]

by Laura Vecsey, pa2010.com, 4/8/10 Inside the case against state Senator Jane Orie, who was indicted Wednesday by the Allegheny County District Attorney, there rests a few paragraphs of interest to anyone interested in Attorney General Tom Corbett’s Bonusgate probe. Like the Bonusgate defendants, some of whom have been convicted and await sentencing, Orie is [...]

Meehan’s Criminal Petitions: Three Areas with Unanswered Questions Special blog post by Vince Rongione, Campaign Manager The problems associated with Pat Meehan’s petitions continue to snowball. So do the unanswered questions associated with this scandal…. [click here to read more at Lentz's site; the download there is very instructive for all those interested in campaign [...]

Reporting: Marty Griffin PITTSBURGH (KDKA) 4/5/10 Sources close to the investigation of State Sen. Jane Orie tell KDKA’s Marty Griffin the grand jury finished its work a week ago. The jury recommended what are being described as “significant multiple count” indictments against Orie and a staff member. Orie is the Republican Majority Whip and the [...]

letter in Daily Local News, 3/5/10 I believe I understand the situation, please correct me if I’m wrong. Jim Bunning has no problem borrowing money to vote for huge tax increases for the wealthy, bailing out corporate America with hundreds of billions of dollars. However, when it comes to the poor mechanic who lost his [...]