Is Allyson Schwartz Too Conservative?

Date: April 13, 2013

Author: Jon Geeting

Link to article: http://www.keystonepolitics.com/2013/04/is-allyson-schwartz-too-conservative-to-be-the-democratic-nominee/

Topic: Allyson Schwartz

     This article is basically talking about how there have been many critics saying that Schwartz is too liberal to have a chance on winning governor. The main reason why critics say she is too liberal is become of her beliefs in pro=abortion. However, she has more beliefs that side with the republicans and not the democrats. The first one is Health care. Democrats believe in lowering the cost of heath care. However, Schwartz does not side with that. The second one is the consumer financial protection. She voted for  George W. Bush’s odious 2005 bankruptcy reform bill which makes it extremely hard for lower to middle class people to get out of debt. And Lastly, shes the vice chair of the corporalist New Democrat coalition. 

Is Rob McCord built to take on Corbett?

Date: May 6, 2014

Author: Scott Kraus  / of The Morning Call

Link to article: http://articles.mcall.com/2014-05-06/news/mc-pa-governor-rob-mccord-profile-20140506_1_tom-corbett-gas-extraction-wolf

Topic: Rob McCord

     This article is about Rob McCord and how he believes he has a high chance on winning against his other democractic candidates and how he has the capacity to take on Corbett because of his past experiences in the GOP - dominated legislature. AT first, Rob Mccord was pretty confident because of his 10 percent tax on natural gas extraction, higher minimum wage, and high union endorsments. However, on a recent Morning call poll, ROb Mccord turned out last. This caused ROb McCord to try to find a different approach on winning by trying to bring down the number one candidate who is Tom Wolf. He created ads and attacked and accused Wolf of being accepting racial tension in the race riot of 1969.

McCords Hotel Choices Raise Questions

Date: May 2, 2014

Author: Andrew Staub / PA Independent

Link to article: http://paindependent.com/2014/05/credit-check-mccords-hotel-choices-raise-questions/

Topic: Rob Mccord

     This article is about the amount of money on average Rob Mccord has been spending in hotels when he travels. His cost on average of costs is $362 a night. The reason why many find this a problem, especially taxpayer advocates is that they believe he does not know how to manage his moeny correctly and budget the right way. They believe that if he can manage his own money, he wont be capable for handling the states money as well. However, Tuma defends McCord and states statistics of McCord only 10,962 in expenses yearly, and only $4,512 the past year. Cindy Hamill-Dahlgren, director of strategic communications for the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, says "“Every tax dollar should be spent wisely, and the state treasurer — or any politician — should take that into consideration every time he spends a dime.”

Tom Wolf vs. The politics of personal destruction

Date: May 5, 2014

Author: John Baer, Daily News Political Columnist

Link to article: http://articles.philly.com/2014-05-05/news/49636872_1_wolf-campaign-mccord-and-schwartz-allyson-schwartz

Topic: Tom Wolf

     This article is basically talking about how Tom wolf is being talked down by many of the candidates including Rob McCord and Allyson Schwartz. There is a big issue where many of the candidates are accusing Tom wolf of tolerating racism. He was compared to the NBA team owner Donald Sterling and how they are extremely similar based on how racist they are. So all the other candidates (mainly RM and AS) are using this against Tom wolf by saying things like "we need a governor who knows racism when he sees it" and tv ads that questions wolf's character, business, finances, and ability to serve. The main reason they are doing this is because the new numbers released from a Allentpwn morning call/ muggle berg college poll that McCord is trailing wolf by 27 points and Schwartz by 25 meaning Tom Wolf is one of the highest candidates. So they want to tear him down, because they have not attracted support based on their ideals, credentials, and ideas. The problem addressed is that candidate in the primary election are accusing Tom Wolf of being racist because of his affiliation with Charlie Roberton's re-election campaign around the time the former York Mayor was indicted in the 1969 race riot murder of Lillie Belle Allen. That being said, it could cause Tom Wolf's popularity to go down. It could have a major impact because it is educating the reader more into detail on what is occurring and it could affect the way some people view Tom Wolf or how some people view Schwartz or McCord in the sense of being against racism, or disagreeing with the other candidates for playing dirty.