Advice to Santorum

Poll: Santorum’s Pennsylvania Lead Vanishes.

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Support for Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania is crumbling, according to a new Franklin and Marshall College Poll of the state he represented in Congress for 16 years.

Mr. Santorum, is statistically tied with Mitt Romney in the poll with a 30% to 28% lead, within the poll’s margin of error.

Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich came in with 9% and 6% respectively.

By contrast, the college’s February poll found Mr. Santorum with a commanding 45%-16% lead over the former Massachusetts governor.

The landscape changed significantly during the last month as support for Mr. Santorum has been dropping nationally, but Mr. Santorum has been banking on Pennsylvania’s April 24 primary to help keep his candidacy viable.

Comment: Advice to Santorum ... bow out after Wisconsin (April 3rd).

The new capital of Pennsylvania is .... Pennsylvania

Governor Moves to Take Fiscal Control of Pennsylvania Capital

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The fate of Pennsylvania’s financially troubled capital, Harrisburg, took another twist in a long road on Thursday, when Gov. Tom Corbett signed a bill permitting him to place the city into receivership.

By signing Senate Bill 1151 into law, Mr. Corbett opened the way for him to declare a fiscal emergency in Harrisburg. The move was an attempt by the governor to wrest control of the city’s finances away from local government, which has been stuck in a standoff for months. The City Council has repeatedly rejected efforts by Mayor Linda Thompson to impose a financial recovery plan, and last week, it filed a Chapter 9 petition in federal bankruptcy court, a move that Ms. Thompson and Mr. Corbett immediately declared illegal.

Kelli Roberts, a spokeswoman for the governor, said Mr. Corbett planned to file a petition in state court to place the city into receivership but probably not this week.

The city’s troubles stem from a failed trash incinerator project that has saddled it with $310 million in debt, more than quadruple its annual budget.

Members of the City Council who have opposed Ms. Thompson’s plans have also fought the bill, saying it robs Harrisburg of self-rule.

Comment: Normally when one thinks of government mismanagement Detroit, Chicago, Illinois, and California come to mind.