The paper of record in Pennsylvania has endorsed Democrat Katie McGinty for U.S. Senate. The “Philadelphia Inquirer” has a long history of excellent reporting and journalism. They take some effective swipes at Senator Pat “Club for Growth” Toomey: “If corporations were people, Pennsylvania's Republican freshman Sen. Pat Toomey would be the right senator for them. His approach to governance is to slash regulations and taxes to help companies, which he believes would provide good paying jobs. But that hasn't worked for average people struggling with flat wages, job insecurity and wondering why so little of the good economic news isn't about them.
Toomey, 54, would eliminate Obamacare and let the marketplace decide to provide benefits like covering children up to age 26. He'd kill an agency that keeps lenders from preying on consumers and return to the days of low-regulation and low-oversight of Wall Street, which led to the financial meltdown.
He opposes forcing companies to clean up greenhouse gases which contribute to global warming, a factor in the spate of floods and wildfires ravaging the country. And, he favors Supreme Court decisions that allow unlimited corporate funds to persuade voters in elections.
A product of the radical right, Toomey voted to shut down the government over raising the debt ceiling rather than find a civil solution...”
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The reason this election is neck and neck is that Toomey, who has been a figure of contempt with how he handles Trump, has been running a lot of ads portraying himself as a “bipartisan” and “independent” voice. That plays well in Philly suburbs where voters have memories of Bill Scranton, Arlen Specter, and John Heinz who actually were that. It really doesn’t help that Gabby Giffords’s group has endorsed him (He is playing that up for all that it is worth.)
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