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The Times Leader: Someone’s at it again.

A new group of signs against the re-election of U.S. Rep. Chris Carney has popped up along state Route 309 in the Back Mountain.

The latest version is more colorful and detailed than the previous one that said “Dump Carney” and pictured the congressman’s name in a red circle with a line through it. This time the anonymous sign maker connected Carney to fellow Democrat Nancy Pelosi, depicting him as a hand puppet of the Speaker of the House. “Dump the Puppet!” reads the sign. Read more »

The Hill: Republicans have a five-point lead over Democrats in a generic congressional ballot, the latest Quinnipiac poll shows.

The survey, released Wednesday, showed that registered voters prefer Republicans 43 percent to 38 percent who prefer Democrats. Read more »

Human Events: Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s (R-Minn.) new House Tea Party Caucus has been given the go ahead by the House Administration Committee. They have met all requirements for the formation of an official caucus in the House of Representatives. Read more »

The Morning Call: If Republicans pick up just three seats in the 203-member Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the November election, it could bring sweeping policy changes to a state that can’t seem to make up its mind whether it wants to be blue or red. Read more »

Rasmussen Reports: The numbers remain little changed this month in Pennsylvania’s race for the U.S. Senate, with Republican Pat Toomey continuing to maintain a slight lead over Democrat Joe Sestak.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state shows Toomey with 45% support, while Sestak earns 38% of the vote. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate in the race, and 12% are undecided. Read more »

The Wall Street Journal: Democrats for the first time are acknowledging that Republicans could retake the Senate this November if everything falls into place for the GOP, less than two years after Democrats held a daunting 60-seat majority. Read more »

Glenn Hamer, President and CEO of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, will discuss Arizona’s immigration law at the Blooming Grove Republican Club meeting on Wednesday, July 28th at 7 p.m. in the Blooming Grove Township building on Rt. 739. Hamer, previously served as Executive Director of the Arizona Republican Party and was a former Congressional Chief of Staff. For information call 570-775-9525.

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Please join us for a reception in honor of

Tom Corbett
Candidate for Governor

Saturday, July 31st

Inn at Pocono Manor
Rt. 314
Pocono Manor, PA

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Host Reception
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm General Reception

$75 per person

RSVP to Kristin or Katie at 717-236-0992
Ian Foley at 570-994-6310, Ian_Foley@ymail.com
Kristin@keystonestrategies.net or Katie@keystonestrategies.net

Please Join
Charles Kannebecker
The Meagher Family
Thomas Mincer
Jason Ohliger
Chairman Christopher Decker
Tammy Gillette
Elizabeth Gregory

Human Events: Two years after Pennsylvania gave its 21 electoral votes to Barack Obama and four years after it elected a new Democratic senator and unseated four Republican congressmen, signs are strong that the Keystone State may be shifting into the Republican column this fall and in a big way.

Republicans candidates said the main reason for the change in fortunes was voters souring on President Obama, which won the state 54% to 44% over Sen. John McCain in 2008. Read more »