PSoTD

At least not Don Sherwood.

I suspect you're actually detracting from your popularity by having autodialing Hillary Rodham Clinton phone calls made on your behalf. Aren't you more popular in Pennsylvania than she is?

Jim Matthews is the Republican candidate for Lt. Governor in the 2006 election in Pennsylvania. The Lt. Governor here really doesn't do that much, as far as statewide elected positions go - and they don't get much acclaim in the campaign as well, since the election occurs in the same years as the Gubernatorial race, and in the case this year, a U.S. Senate race.

The current Lt. Governor is Catherine Baker Knoll. If you want to see how important the Lt. Governor's office is, check out the official site for the office, where you'll find the exciting message of...

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I wonder if I'm the first to notice this error, or if it's been here a while and people just don't care.

Regardless, the office of Lt. Governor is not really a launching pad to higher office in PA. It does make me wonder why Matthews really wanted this office, instead of a State Senate or Congressional seat. It's a placeholder, but traditionally the end of the line for political aspirations.

Matthews' election performance isn't likely to present many new opportunities at the state level in the future, because he's hampered by two less-than-stellar political performances on the top of the Republican ticket - Lynn Swann and Rick Santorum, both slumping miserably in the polls. It's not necessarily Matthews' fault, but it does make you wonder about his timing.

100 voters. Help bring real change to southeastern PA and the country. eRobin has the details.

Probably too cute of a commercial to spend against Santorum.

More details at Uncle Horn Head.

I'm really not sure being known as the Keystone State does all these things for Pennsylvania, but I kinda like the idea of putting it back on the license plate.

Look at all the political fundraisers in the Harrisburg area on Tuesday, October 17th:

17-Oct-06 Friends to Elect Christine M. Tartaglione PO Box 11449, HBG, PA 17108 500 - Breakfast Hilton/Golden Sheaf, 1 N. 2nd St., HBG 8-10:30AM

17-Oct-06 Friends of Edward P. Wojnaroski, Sr. PO Box 82, Johnstown, PA 15907 250 - Breakfast McGrath's, 202 Locust Street, HBG 7:30-9 AM

17-Oct-06 Friends of John Siptroth 414 Airport Rd, E. Stroudsburg, PA 18301 250 - Breakfast Scott's Grille, 212 Locust St., HBG 8-9:30 AM

17-Oct-06 Citizens for Saylor 122 N. Franklin St., Red Lion, PA 17356 250 - An Evening w/Rep Saylor Angelina's, 449 S. Front St., Lemoyne 5-7 PM

17-Oct-06 Friends of Dave Reed PO Box 1440, Indiana, PA 15701 250 - Breakfast Scott's Grille, 212 Locust St., HBG 8-9:30 AM

17-Oct-06 Friends of John Perzel Committee PO box 386, Conshohocken, PA 19428 500 - Reception The Firehouse Restaurant, 606 North Second St., HBG 6:30-8 PM

17-Oct-06 Citizens to Elect Dwight Evans PO Box 19097, Phila, PA 19138 500 - Breakfast Hilton, 1 N. 2nd St., HBG 8-9:30 AM

17-Oct-06 Citizens to Elect Payne PO Box 651, Hershey, PA 17033 200 - Cocktails Hershey Lodge & Convention Center, Cocoa Suites 3,4,5, Hershey 6-8 PM

17-Oct-06 Comm. To Elect Ronald G. Waters 108 S. 61st St., Phila, PA 19139 300 - Breakfast Hilton, 1 N. 2nd St., HBG 8-9:30AM

17-Oct-06 Folmer For State Senate PO Box 804, Jonestown, PA 17038 250 - Breakfast Harrisburg Hilton, 1 N. 2nd St., HBG 8:30-10:30 AM

17-Oct-06 Friends of Mike Gerber PO Box 208, Ambler, PA 19002 250 - Breakfast Hilton, 1 N 2nd St., HBG 8-9:30 AM

17-Oct-06 Brubaker for Senate PO Box 792, HBG, PA 17108 300 - Reception Max's Italian Restaurant, 17 North Second St., HBG 5-6:30 PM

17-Oct-06 Citizens for Greenleaf Committee PO Box 792, HBG, PA 17108 500 - Breakfast Hilton, 1 N. 2nd St., HBG 8-9:30AM

17-Oct-06 Killion Victory Committee PO Box 545, HBG., PA 17108 250 - Reception Haydn's on Pine, 215 Pine St., HBG 8-9:30 AM

17-Oct-06 Friends of McGill PO Box 3332, Maple Glen, PA 19002 250 - Breakfast Hilton, 1 N. 2nd St., HBG 8-9:30 AM

17-Oct-06 Friends of Chuck McIlhinney PO Box 792, HBG., PA 17108 300 - Luncheon Firehouse Restaurant, 606 N. 2nd St., HBG Noon - 1:30 PM

17-Oct-06 Committee to Re-Elect Peter J. Daley 217 Chestnut St., Coal Center, PA 15423 500 - Reception The Antique Auto Museum, 161 Museum Dr., Hershey 6 PM

Looks like restaurant business around the rest of Harrisburg might be a bit slow that day...

I guess the Pennsylvania limit for scandal-ridden members of Congress in attendance at a political fundraiser is one.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert and another Republican leader criticized for his role in the congressional page scandal will not be appearing at fundraisers on behalf of a Pennsylvania congressman who has admitted to an extramarital affair.

Democrats have accused Hastert, R-Ill., and Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., of doing too little to protect teenage male pages from Rep. Mark Foley. The Florida Republican resigned Sept. 29 after the disclosure of inappropriate electronic messages to a former congressional page.

Rep. Don Sherwood, R-Pa., had been considered to have a safe seat for re-election until a woman filed suit against him and alleged that he had choked her during an altercation at his Capitol Hill apartment. Sherwood admitted to having an affair with the woman but denied hurting her. They settled the case out of court.

Jake O'Donnell, a spokesman for Sherwood, said Monday that an Oct. 18 event with Hastert was only tentatively scheduled and was canceled mostly because Sherwood had another major event the next day.

Pressure from Sherwood's Democratic opponent was a factor in the decision by Reynolds, the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, not to appear at an event Thursday with Sherwood, O'Donnell said. A Republican campaign spokesman disputed that assertion and cited other events as the reason.