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• WHO TURNED ON THE LIGHTS?

  
   
  Character, the sages say, is what you do when you think no one is looking.
   
  What does Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett do when he thinks no one is looking?
   
  He accepts a campaign contribution from a political operative he claims is [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 11:33am EST
  

• IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER?

  "It just doesn't matter."
  
  At least that is what partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett and his taxpayer funded campaign flaks would have you believe when questioned about the propriety of conducting his bonusgate investigation while running for governor.
  
  But, it does' [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 11:15am EST
  

• RIGHT UNDER HIS NOSE

  
  Plenty of pundits think it's suspicious that former House Speaker John Perzel's taxpayer-funded electioneering shenanigans took place right under the nose of House Republican Leader Sam Smith.
  
  "[W]ho told GCR to stop giving the caucus members access to all that info and data in February" [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:58pm EST
  

• ANOTHER DEWEESE IMITATOR

  
  Partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett's latest grand jury presentment has spawned quite a few impersonators of Democratic Whip Bill DeWeese:
  
  "I was lied to!"
  
  "I had no idea!"
  
  "I never saw that happening!"
  
  "I compensate for certain physical" [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:13am EST
  

• THE CARE AND FEEDING OF MYTHS

  
  Since obviously our brethren in the Fourth Estate need a bit of a refresher, allow us to refer to the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics.
  Journalists should:
  
  — Make certain that headlines, news teases and promotional material, photos, video, audio, graphics, [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 11:32am EST
  

• CROCODILE TEARS

  
  David Patti, president and chief executive officer of the Pennsylvania Business Council, says he is sad. We can just imagine his tears hitting his keyboard as he typed out the missive that appeared in yesterday's Central Penn Business Journal."I am sad for Pennsylvania. Yet" [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:53am EST
  

• REVISIONIST HISTORY

  
  
  Last Saturday, Associated Press reporter Mark Levy put together an interesting post-Republican bonus indictment news item. Levy obtained quotes ranging from the top of the GOP caucus heap like Republican House Leader Sam Smith to the bottom of the barrel like State Representative [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:26am EST
  

• A TALE OF TWO INVESTIGATIONS

  
  *Attorney General Tom Corbett is looking at "the entire bonus issue," which includes payments awarded to hundreds of staffers in the House and Senate Republican and Democratic caucuses, said spokesman Kevin Harley. (Harrisburg Patriot-News, Feb. 14, 2007)
  
  *A change in [House Republican] computer systems [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:39am EST
  

• SMITH: THIS SEASON'S DeWEESE

  
  For all the swooning over John Perzel's indictment, we feel the need to point out that partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett did not indict a Speaker of the House. He did not indict a caucus leader. He didn't even indict an influential sitting member.[...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:43am EST
  

• WOULD YOU BUY A USED CAR FROM THIS MAN?

  Just as we predicted, the media is slavering over Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett's "bipartisanship" now that he has indicted a single Republican legislator.
  
  At the same time the pundits hail Corbett as a hero, they point out how much he gained politically by [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 10:48am EST
  

• LIES AND LYING LIARS

  
  
  We are endlessly fascinated by the pure, unadulterated arse biscuits that fall from the lips of Tom Corbett and his lackeys. Is it pathological? Can they simply not help themselves?
  
  Here's a recent whopper from Senior Deputy Attorney General K. Kenneth Brown II:[...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 2:20pm EST
  

• DEER TOM, I DIDUNT DOO NUTHIN

  Ever hear about the guy who murdered his parents then asked the court for leniency because he's an orphan?
  
  That's how Tom Corbett sounded when he whined that his boffo-stupendo investigation of the House Republicans took so everlastingly long because those meanies went and hid [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:04am EST
  

• JOHN PERZEL: SOFTWARE SALESMAN?

  
  
  The Philadelphia Daily News today reports that Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett met privately with Rep. John Perzel, while Perzel was under investigation, and Perzel's former chief of staff, Brian Preski, organized a fund raiser for Corbett two months later.
   
  Corbett is [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:11am EST
  

• INTRIGUE!

  
  Oh, to be a fly on the wall during House Minority Policy Chairman Stan Saylor's briefing yesterday for freshmen.
  
  Whatever could he have been telling them?
  
  But first, this: Corbett's crack legal team loses again. Hmm.
  
  Back to the House Republican [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:11am EST
  

• THE PAY-RAISE POSTER BOYS

  
  What do Mike Veon and John Perzel have in common?
  
  So far, it's not criminal charges, though that may change within days.
  
  Despite the fact that they generally operated from opposite ends of the political spectrum, Veon and Perzel actually share some' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:32am EST
  

• TURNPIKE TREACHERY

  Our interest has been piqued by reports that partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett has put a grand jury to work looking into contracting and patronage practices at the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
  
  Unsurprisingly, the only reported targets of this grand jury have been [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 5:55pm EST
  

• FEESE RESIGNS; RUMORS PERSIST THAT BOWMAN FORCED OUT

  Tracie Mauriello with the Post-Gazette breaks the news that former Republican State Representative and former chair of the House Republican Campaign Committee Brett Feese resigned his position as House Republican Chief Counsel today. Mauriello also reports that Feese was the recipient of one of [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:24pm EST
  

• COURIER-EXPRESS: CORBETT IS "EGREGIOUSLY ABUSING THE SYSTEM"

  In an editorial today, the publisher of the Tri-County Courier-Express, Denny Bonavita, continues to point out the hypocrisy of partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett: "Attorney General Tom Corbett is prosecuting people - so far, only Democrats - for, he claims, abusing" [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:20pm EST
  

• REALLY, TRIBUNE-REVIEW?

  Look, guys. It's obvious you're backing Tom Corbett for Governor. And it's only natural you'd want to defend your boy.
  
  But today's ludicrous rationalization for his refusal to resign is really beyond the pale.
  
  As informed Pennsylvanians are well aware, when a governor' [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 4:18pm EST
  

• REALLY, TRIBUNE-REVIEW?

  
  Look, guys. It's obvious you're backing Tom Corbett for Governor. And it's only natural you'd want to defend your boy.
  
  But today's ludicrous rationalization for why he won't resign is simply beyond the pale.
  
  As most informed Pennsylvanians are well aware, when' [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 10:28am EST
  

• WAITING ON THE WORLD TO CHANGE

  
  Last week's leak regarding "invitations to testify" issued to Republican House members and staff certainly had its intended effect.
  
  It effectively doused the flicker of indignation ignited by activists' "1,000 Days of Bonusgate" demonstration, gently fanned by WHTM's investigative report about' [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:06am EDT
  

• FOLLOWING THE EVIDENCE?

  
  It seems pretty clear that charges against Rachel Manzo will be withdrawn, as has been speculated for months, in exchange for Mike Manzo's plea agreement.
  
  If that's true, we can assume that Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett isn't interested in Rachel Manzo's testimony.
  
  And [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 12:27pm EDT
  

• TEST PATTERN

  
  One thing we can say about Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett: at least he's consistent.
  
  Throughout the nearly three years of the Bonusgate investigation, leaks to the media regarding any investigation of Republicans have always followed closely on the heels of accusations or questions' [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 9:55am EDT
  

• RULES ARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE

  
  ABC27 News yesterday revealed that Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett's campaign has exchanged hundreds of phone calls with his taxpayer-paid staff - and the taxpayer-paid staffs of Republican legislators and campaign contributors - on state time at their state offices.
  
  Corbett would not say what' [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 7:58am EDT
  

• A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND

  
  What kind of Governor would Tom Corbett make, when he obviously has no clue how the legislature operates?
  
  If there is a single exchange that encapsulates the depth and breadth of Corbett's gullibility, it is this excerpt from grand jury testimony:
  
  Q Now,' [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2009, 5:21pm EDT
  

• CORBETT TO VOTERS: NAH-NAH-NA-NA-NAH

  Partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett's hubris increases weekly.
  
  For over a year, he has been teasing Pennsylvania with promises of what he describes as "shocking" Republican indictments that will be announced allegedly very soon. We're not sure that he is [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 7:47am EDT
  

• BUCHANAN IGNORES REPUBLICANS, TOO

  Quite a debate has erupted surrounding Western PA US Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan's contemplation of running for Congress next year.
  
  Although, it isn't centered on Buchanan. Instead it is a back and forth over whether or not partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Corbett's' [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 8:41am EDT
  

• CORBETT: IT APPLIES TO THOSE GUYS, NOT ME

  The latest in hypocrisy from partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett is being exhibited in the kerfuffle between his campaign and GOP rival Congressman Jim Gerlach.
  
  Allegheny County Republican Party Chair Jim Roddey was quoted in the Post-Gazette last week regarding the [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 3:00pm EDT
  

• PUT A SOCK IN IT, JOHNNA

  Our mission has been to point out the hypocrisy of partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett. Particularly related to his handling of the bonusgate investigation. And, oh boy, has he given us lots of material with which to work.
  
  However, we've also' [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 7:59am EDT
  

• VECSEY: "NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT"

  The Patriot-News' Laura Vecsey writes today that this is the perfect time for partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett to finally annouonce his long-promised second round of bonusgate indictments:
  
  "The budget nightmare is over. So how about a little entertainment, Pennsylvania?
  [...]
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  Posted: October 11, 2009, 8:55am EDT
  

• GERLACH TO CORBETT TEAM: PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH

  Congressman Jim Gerlach points out how one of partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett's staunchest allies agrees that prosecutors should resign if they decide to run for political office.
  
  Allegheny County Republican Chair Jim Roddey opined yesterday that Western PA US Attorney' [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 4:03pm EDT
  

• BIG BEN AND BIG AND BEDFORD

  Steeler's quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's on-going legal battle surrounding the rape allegation made against him makes for an interesting comparsion to two cases partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett is involved in right here in Pennsylvania.
  
  Even non-Steeler fans find Roethlisberger's accuser's accusations [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 6:53pm EDT
  

• STILP: BONUSGATE BECOMING "CORBETTGATE"

  Grassrootspa.com breaks the news today that Harrisburg activist Gene Stilp is calling upon partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett to step down from his post as Attorney General because of the danger of politicizing his bonusgate investigation:
  
  “Tom Corbett can not [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 10:17am EDT
  

• LOVE IS BLIND

  In the Pennsylvania Republican Party, with very few exceptions, locking up the nomination for Governor requires a nominee to win the Republican State Committee endorsement. (Daily News 1/26/06)
  
  The Republican State Committee consists of local elected officials, large campaign contributors and individuals who [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 9:52am EDT
  

• DEWEESE: DODGED BULLET OR BACK IN LINE OF FIRE?

  
  
  Folks in the Capitol are always sending us tips and the latest rumors. The most active subject is whether or not former House Democratic Leader Bill DeWeese will be sucked into partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett's "shocking" second round' [...]
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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 9:59am EDT
  

• BIG FISH, LITTLE FISH

  As we've watched Corbett's wide-ranging investigation of the state legislature unfold, it has been curious to us how partisan Republican Attorney General and GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett has hammered an inordinate number of "little fish" while leaving unscathed some significant "big fish."
  
  This applies [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 12:26am EDT
  

• THORNBURGH PUNKED AGAIN

  Partisan Republican Attorney General and GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett has said over and over and over that he wants there to be no politics involved in his bonusgate investigation.
  
  His tax-payer funded campaign manager, Brian Nutt, recently told Laura Vescey with the Patriot News [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2009, 12:37pm EDT
  

• MAYBE THEY DON'T READ THEIR OWN NEWSPAPERS?

  We hereby declare a moratorium on flying pink ponies and poker-playing amphibious gophers.
  
  What do you mean it's ridiculous to declare a moratorium on things that couldn't possibly happen anyway? Tom Corbett did it.
  
  As another Election Day approaches, the Capitol press corps' [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 1:49pm EDT
  

• THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATION

  
  As we wait and wait and wait for Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett to announce the shocking Republican indictments of biblical proportions, Team CasablancaPA has determined, through careful deductive reasoning, another two who can be crossed off the long list of potential Republican [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 10:57pm EDT
  

• IS THIS THE WEEK WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR?

  Now that a budget deal has been reached and the public relations deck is finally clear, is this the week partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate finally announces his self-described "shocking" next round of indictments?
  
  On his gubernatorial announcement tour last week, Corbett [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 8:15pm EDT
  

• PLENTY OF PARKING AT THE OAG

  During a campaign stop in Westmoreland County yesterday, partisan Republican Attorney General and GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett took a shot at the state legislature over their staffing levels.
  
  The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports Corbett wagged his finger at the General Assembly when he chastised [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 11:37pm EDT
  

• BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS?

  Everyone in Harrisburg has been waiting for partisan Republican Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett to announce his promised Republican indictments in his bonusgate investigation.
  
  The amount of time it has taken him to investigate the Republicans and bring charges, plus the public statements [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  

• 5 QUESTIONS FOR TOM CORBETT AT TONIGHT'S ANNOUNCEMENT

  
  1. Why haven't you indicted Bill DeWeese for his involvement in awarding bonuses for campaign work and using state resources for campaigning? Does he have an immunity deal?
  
  2. Why were there regular and constant leaks to the media during the' [...]
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  Posted: September 14, 2009, 12:01am EDT
  

• INCONCEIVABLE!

  
  Admit it, you would-be Capitol pundits and sages. You never thought it would come to this.
  
  You were sure that Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett would redeem himself before officially declaring his candidacy.
  
  You couldn't wait to throw it in the faces of' [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 10:31pm EDT
  

• WATCHDOGS: WHATTAYA WANT FROM US? WE SAID ARF.

  
  Does anyone else think the Patriot-News is starting to sound like an exasperated parent scolding a recalcitrant teenager?
  
  Would you please take the trash out, dear? ... Seriously, take out the trash now ... Young man, if you don't take out that trash, you' [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 10:43am EDT
  

• FUMO ENVY

  
  It's not often we admit to feeling sorry for Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett. But as his team trudged off to court for today's do-over hearing on Beaver Initiative for Growth, he must have shaken his head a little ruefully.
  
  It wasn't supposed to turn' [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 9:35am EDT
  

• IN A PIG'S EYE

  
  Morning Call curmudgeon Paul Carpenter takes to task pretty much everyone and his brother in a column on Bonusgate today.
  
  While almost no one in Harrisburg is spared his disdain, he singles out Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett for an extra-special slap.
  
  "Trust" [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 8:46am EDT
  

• YOUNG PHILLY POLITICS: CORBETT SHOULD "HAND OFF" OR "DELAY"

  
  In response to partisan Repubican Attorney General Tom Corbett's comments to the Associated Press' Mark Scolforo last week, the progressive blog "Young Philly Politics" joined the chorus of those questioning Corbett's handling of the bonusgate investigation:
  
  "At some point a prosecutor planning'" [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 9:28am EDT
  

• HOLDING LEGISLATORS HOSTAGE

  
  Everyone in Harrisburg knows at least one Democratic House staff person who has either been interviewed by Tom Corbett's investigators or forced by subpoena to testify before the Grand Jury.
  
  There have been well over 100 -- at least 135. (Associated Press, 7/31/08)
  [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 9:12am EDT
  

• YUM, YUM

  
  
  
  "Do I believe a lot of people out there are saying things that they're going to have to eat their words? Absolutely."
  
  So sayeth Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett in an interview with the Associated Press.
  
  Could Corbett be talking about' [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 5:23pm EDT
  

• CHAMBERSBURG PUBLIC OPINION: BONUSGATE INVESTIGATION "POLITICALLY LOPSIDED"

  
  
  In its Sunday editorial, the Chambersburg Public Opinion called partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett's bonusgate investigation "politically lopsided."
  
  The Public Opinion also questioned Corbett's fitness to be Governor by stating, "It doesn't bode well for the state's highest [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 2:01pm EDT
  

• CORBETT: PULLING IN THE REINS

  
  Partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett has repeatedly said that he has put no shackles on his investigators when it comes to bonusgate. Here he is bragging about it to the Indiana Gazette on August 27, 2008:
  
  "Corbett said he gets updates daily on" [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 1:39pm EDT
  

• GERLACH ON KDKA TV: CORBETT HAS "INHERENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST"

  
  Congressman and GOP gubernatorial primary hopeful Jim Gerlach continues to question partisan Republican Tom Corbett's handling of the bonusgate investigation.
  
  On Tuesday while on a Western Pennsylvania campaign trip, Congressman Jim Gerlach sat down for an interview with KDKA's Jon Delano.
  
  When asked by [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 8:50am EDT
  

• STETLER SCRUTINIZED?

  
  
  The rumblings from Harrisburg's chattering-class are that partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett's much-anticipated and allegedly "shocking" second round of bonusgate arrests are to happen within the next ten days.
  
  The scuttlebutt predicts that among the long-promised Republican indictments will be additional [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 9:58am EDT
  

• THE CASE AGAINST BILL DEWEESE

  
  As they have on-and-off for more than a year, the rumors are flying that partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett finally will announce a second round of "Bonusgate" indictments by the end of next week.
  
  Interestingly, these rumors suggest Corbett is likely to indict [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2009, 2:15pm EDT
  

• CAPITOL IDEAS: INDICTMENTS REST ON POLITICAL CALCULATION

  Enclosure: [download]

  
  
  On this week's "Politics as Usual" podcast, Capitol correspondents John Micek of the Morning Call, Alex Roarty of PoliticsPA.com and Tracie Mauriello of the Post-Gazette tossed off a few bon mots on the "Bonusgate" investigation and the gubernatorial race (which are now indistinguishable).[...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2009, 1:37am EDT
  

• COPS 'N' ROBBERS

  
  
  We've been thinking a lot lately about why the Capitol press corps has ignored Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett's failure to charge any Republicans in the "Bonusgate" investigation.
  
  It took an out-of-town reporter at a small newspaper to ask the obvious question that elicited his [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 10:47am EDT
  

• CORBETT: DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO

  
  
  Here at CasablancaPA, we are getting a kick out of the great information readers are sending us. The latest document really shows how hypocritical partisan Attorney General Tom Corbett's bonusgate investigation has become.
  
  As everyone is well aware, Corbett uses several members [...]
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  Posted: August 22, 2009, 10:15am EDT
  

• PAINTED INTO A CORNER

  
  A concerted effort has begun to rescue partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett from the political corner into which his bonusgate investigation has painted him.
  
  It seems to us that Corbett or his tax-payer funded campaign aides, Brian Nutt and Kevin Harley, have been [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2009, 9:26pm EDT
  

• NUTT'S SPIN

  
  
  Today, Congressman Jim Gerlach ratcheted up the heat on partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett today by calling on Corbett to give up his gubernatorial effort if he intends to continue with his bonusgate investigation.
  
  Remember, we're all waiting for the Republican charges [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2009, 11:41pm EDT
  

• COURIER-EXPRESS TO CORBETT: "WITHDRAW"

  
  Denny Bonavita, the editor and publisher of Northwest Pennsylvania's Tri-County Courier-Express, published an editorial today urging partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett to drop his bid for the GOP gubernatorial nomination next year.
  
  Bonavita cites concerns that the prosecution appears partisan and that the [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 12:01pm EDT
  

• BACKPEDALING

  
  In response to a rare question from a journalist about his failure to target a single Republican in his epic Bonusgate investigation, Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett abandoned his usual "investigation is continuing" dodge:
  
  Corbett, who has come under criticism for failing to prosecute [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 10:50am EDT
  

• IMITATION = FLATTERY?

  
  We have just been informed that Signor Ferrari has attracted an imposter!
  We would be most interested to hear from any of our readers who have received correspondence from someone claiming to be Signor Ferrari.
  Che macello! We hope this is not the work [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2009, 3:50pm EDT
  

• BIZARRO BIG

  
  In the comics, Bizarro is a supervillain who is the opposite of Superman. In the comical mind of Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett, Bizarro BIG is the opposite of BIG.
  
  BIG is, of course, the Beaver Initiative for Growth, a nonprofit that received taxpayer dollars [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 2:05pm EDT
  

• OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES AND REPUBLICANS

  
  With the indictments of 12 Democrats safely under his belt and the Republican gubernatorial primary just months away, Tom Corbett thought he'd be sitting pretty by now.
  
  Instead, his undeclared candidacy is crumbling around him.
  
  "The whole thing's been a joke, in my [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 6:49am EDT
  

• CORBETT TO CURT SCHRODER AND MIKE LONG: ALL CLEAR!

  
  PA2010.Com reports today that Republican State Rep. Curt Schroder brought onto his congressional campaign team Mike Long to handle the direct mail in his primary bid.
  
  This is just another sign that even the most obvious suspects for investigation and indictment in partisan [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 3:44pm EDT
  

• EACHUS BONUSGATE DOCUMENTS POSTED BY SIGHTS ON PENNSYLVANIA

  
  
  The conservative NEPA based political blog "Sights on Pennsylvania" has begun to post selections of the Mike Veon selective prosecution motion. Check out today's post here.
  
  We're not sure why "Sights" replaces Majority Leader Todd Eachus' name with "Legislator X" in his [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 8:31pm EDT
  

• HAS MEEHAN DERAILED "SHOCKING" REPUBLICAN INDICTMENT EXPRESS?

  
  

  Here at CasablancaPA, we figured this week's passage of a "bridge budget" would suffice as the green light for partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett to announce his much anticipated and long-promised indictments of Republicans in his Bonusgate investigation.
  
  There have been no Republican [...]

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  Posted: August 08, 2009, 3:17pm EDT
  

• "CHECKING THE BALANCE" GIVES CORBETT A MATH LESSON

  
  The folks at "Checking the Balance" do some ciphering with the figures in the Tribune Review's latest report on the astronomical legal bills the legislative caucuses have run up in their efforts to appease partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett.
  
  It [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 3:16pm EDT
  

• ANTICI ... PATION

  
  We can't decide who has been more frustrated with the state budget impasse: state workers who haven't been paid, or Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Corbett, who's been waiting to get the media's undivided attention before he announces his highly-anticipated next round of Bonusgate indictments.
  
  The longer [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 11:01pm EDT
  

• BUILDING EXPECTATIONS

  
  "House Republicans received a subpoena for documents in the long-running investigation into bonuses for legislative employees...." Associated Press, Oct. 23, 2007
  
  "Attorney General Tom Corbett's yearlong probe of legislative operations entered new turf this week when his investigators subpoenaed records from the state Senate's [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 10:37am EDT
  

• LESSONS LEARNED SO FAR

  
  Nobody cares if you do it.
  
  Nobody cares if you get "caught."
  
  They only care if you get indicted.
  
  While the 31-month-and-counting Bonusgate saga holds many lessons for Capitol denizens, the public reaction to Mike Veon's ill-fated motion to dismiss the [...]
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  Posted: July 23, 2009, 11:27am EDT
  

• "CHECKING THE BALANCE" ASKS IF CORBETT'S LUCK CAN HOLD

  
  
  "Checking the Balance" asks today whether or not partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett is lucky enough to get through his bonusgate investigation without announcing any charges against Republicans and still be considered a viable gubernatorial candidate. Check it out here. [...]
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  Posted: July 23, 2009, 11:07am EDT
  

• LAGROTTA JOINS THE BLOGOSPHERE

  A CasablancaPA reader alerted us to former Rep. Frank LaGrotta's blog that started up a few days ago. You can find it here.
  
  We're looking forward to checking in on it frequently to see if he has any thoughts or insight regarding partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett's [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 6:07pm EDT
  

• HERALD STANDARD ASKS CORBETT: "WHY THE DELAY?"

  
  Today, the Uniontown Herald Standard editorial board questions the motivation behind partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett's delay in bringing bonusgate related charges against Republicans. You can check it out here. They raise serious questions that Corbett will need to answer very, very soon.[...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 10:33am EDT