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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Does Sen. Specter (D,Pa.) = Phila Chamber chief Torsella?
Went to City Hall at noon to watch Mayor Nutter give away money. (We'll post today's recipient list later.) Got there just in time for the Blackberry users in the crowd to get the Inquirer/philly.com announcement, then the CNN headline, that Sen. Arlen Specter's now a Democrat.
 
Immediately city officials began speculating that Gov. Rendell ally and past National Constitution Center chief Joe Torsella will drop out of the Democratic primary to accept the post of president and chief executive officer of the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia. We heard more of the same from one of the (now disappointed) front-runners for the Chamber job, which goes vacant when former PA Gov. Mark Schweiker leaves later this year.
 
Chamber chairman and Comcast executive David L. Cohen has been a supporter of both Rendell and Torsella in their past campaigns. The Chamber job pays more than double what a Senator earns.

"Joe's still in the race" for Senate, said Mark Nevins, spokesman for Torsella. After all, the candidate added in a statement, the election's "still a full year away." 

 
Posted by Joseph N. DiStefano @ 1:45 PM  Permalink | 1 comment
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:11 PM, 04/28/2009
    Glad to hear you learned of Specter's defection on Philly.com Most of us had it way sooner from other sources.
    — JingoGuy


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About Joseph N. DiStefano
Joseph N. DiStefano writes this blog to feed his PhillyDeals column in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Joe has been a member of Bloomberg LP’s New York Finance Team, wrote the book “Comcasted,” taught writing at St. Joseph’s University, and studied economics and history at Penn. Reach Joe at 215-854-5194 and JoeD@phillynews.com
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