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sheshe2

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Thu Sep 12, 2013, 06:28 PM
Sep 2013

This is great news for Pennsylvania!

I bet I know Re-Election!

Fast forward four years later and Corbett is back on the ballot. While there is still well over a year from the 2014 election, he is fighting for his political survival.

Prominent political scientist, Professor Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia, believes that if the GOP wants to hang on to the governorship in Pennsylvania, they may want to consider urging Corbett to step down and replacing him with a stronger and untarnished alternative.

“We believe Gov. Tom Corbett is the incumbent likeliest to lose if he makes it to November 2014,” Sabato said. “Perhaps the best way for the Republicans to keep the streak going would be for Corbett to step aside,” he said.


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Corbett’s agenda

Corbett’s budgets sought drastic cuts in education funding and saw thousands of public school teacher layoffs. He signed legislation that would prevent women from purchasing abortion coverage through the health exchanges, even if they used their own money. He also supported legislation requiring mandatory ultrasounds for women which opponents believe are intrusive and unnecessary. In terms of job creation, an April 2013 report on job growth released by Arizona State University School of Business, found Pennsylvania was ranked 49th when it comes to creating jobs under the Corbett administration.


http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/08/corbett-could-be-first-governor-to-lose-re-election-in-pa-history/

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