I finally got all the 17 video clips downloaded from my Flip camera, edited and uploaded to YouTube. In between phone calls chasing down the story on the Senate forum it took some time. When Joe Hoeffel makes references to his long time, consistent record on women's reproductive rights it is because of another candidates, at least perceived, past record, or lack of a record. That candidate is Chris Doherty. Jack Wagner artfully didged that question. Two of the candidates stated they would support marriage equality. We are making progress in Pennsylvania.
I thought Joe Hoeffel was the clear progressive winner on issues with Chris Doherty close behind. Dan Onorato and Jack Wagner have never been progressive and didn't pretend they were except for Onorato's repeated use of the word. I Tweeted that everyone should take a drink every time he said the word "progressive." Jack Wagner kept going back to his record as a State Senator so I also Tweeted that as part of the drinking game. We may as well have some fun too!
It was a good debate, Four good men are running for Governor. Kudos to the Summit organizers for a great event. Sen. Specter's bizarre behavior Saturday should not be what people take away from this weekend. Watch these videos and enjoy what was a very good debate Friday night. The moderator is Eileen Connelly of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania. Mike Morrill of Keystone Progress is at the computer monitoring Twitter for questions and taking questions from the audience on file cards. That is his son Ben bringing them to the stage. I asked Ben about his pay rate and working conditions and I'm trying to organize him to get some payment for his work, lol. In actuality Ben was anxious to help somehow and he did a masterful job collecting the question cards and delivering them to his father.
The candidates, from left to right are Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, Montgomery County Commissioner and former Congressman Joe Hoeffel and Chris Doherty the Mayor of Scranton. I'll post just the first video above the fold since I already have a lot of video on the blog's front page. Click on "There's more" for the remainder. My Flip camera ran out of memory in clip 17 so it ends rather abruptly. That was just before the closing statements so I wasn't able to record those and I skipped the opening statements because I knew I would have memory issues.
