When Northampton County's new Council is sworn in next January, seven of its nine members will be Republican. It's a safe bet that Democrat Ann McHale will lose the presidency.
The Republican Jewish Coalition supported Arlen Specter for many years because he was a Republican. Now he is not a Republican so there is no reason that RJC should support Senator Specter over the Republican challengers. Pat Toomey or Peg Luksik, neither have presented to RJC. [...]
For over a year, a statewide grand jury has been probing the deceptive campaign tactics of political consultant Tom "Scissorhands" Severson, who was hired by local Democrats in 2007 for a smear campaign against Northampton County Council members Peg Ferraro and Ron Angle. Senior [...] 
Tom Dietrich is one of four Republican Northampton County Council candidates who decided he had to look out for himself instead of attaching himself to popular Peg Ferraro. Never mind that she's the one person from both parties who will clearly win on Tuesday.
Yesterday, The Express Times' editorial board endorsed five of the ten candidates seeking a seat on Northampton County Council, recommending three Republicans - Peg Ferraro, John Cusick and Tom Dietrich, as well as Democrats Deb Hunter and Bill Wallace. Far more interesting than the actual endorsement' [...] Steve’s right — the tangled web of Peggy Noonan’s neural pathways are particularly difficult to navigate this week (italic is Steve’s, quoting Noonan):
At a certain point, a president must own a presidency. For George W. Bush that point came eight months in, when 9/11 [...]
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