Chester County Democratic Committee

4/28/10 Friends, As you may know, I’m a Republican, but I share the same belief that Tom has, that blind party-loyalty is never the best choice, and that real leadership means making tough choices, listening to your constituents, and always keeping their needs as your first priority. Tom has done just that. He is the [...]

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from Keystone Progress, 4/26/10 Lately there have been so many concerns being raised about Tom Corbett’s actions that it puts the integrity of the Office of Attorney General in serious question. The Attorney General’s judgment and actions cannot be doubted. His performance must be beyond reproach. That is why so many attorneys general, including Virginia [...]

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Daily Local News, Tuesday, April 20, 2010 By Tom Houghton, Guest Columnist Following my election as your state representative in 2008, I went to Harrisburg with the goal of restoring the state’s financial commitment to basic education funding in order to offset the need for school districts to raise property taxes. In the lengthy 2009-10 [...]

Herr Raises More From Individuals Than Pitts in First Quarter from herr2010.com Lois Herr, Democratic challenger in Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District, again raised more individual contribution dollars than incumbent Representative Joseph Pitts during the first quarter, according to filings due at the Federal Election Commission (FEC) today. Herr raised $74,837 from individuals or 97.1% of [...]

See “Critical Legislative Issues at a Glance” at the Lois Herr for Congress site. Short version: Rep. Pitts is Mr. No.

(email to a constituent, 4/16/10) Thank you for contacting me regarding our presence in Afghanistan. We went into Afghanistan in 2001 following the barbaric attacks of September 11, 2001. Our forces swiftly toppled the Taliban and denied Al Qaeda leadership the safe haven it had enjoyed in Afghanistan. Both Taliban and Al Qaeda leadership survived [...]

This is a book review of Courting Disaster, a recent book by Marc Thiessen: Counterfactual A curious history of the C.I.A.’s secret interrogation program. by Jane Mayer The New Yorker, March 29, 2010 “Counterfactual” is the polite way of saying it. Mayer’s 3-page review is a real primer on the lengths that the right wing [...]