News Gets Worse For Weldon - Dems Ready to Take Over PA

FBI agents investigating U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.) conducted six raids this morning - including at the homes of his daughter and a longtime friend, investigating whether the Delaware County congressman used his influence to help his daughter, a registered lobbyist, win consulting contracts.

First, Weldon claimed that there was no investigation. Now he's saying he's done nothing wrong. Of course, this is the nutjob who is still claiming that Iraq has WMD, so anything he says is at best a little shaky. I bet the RNCC feels really good about having just sunk $1 million into this race.

Weldon's opponent in this race is Joe Sestak, a Fighting Dem whose home page we're featuring on the sidebar. Sestak is up 8 points in the latest polling done on this race (courtesy of DailyKos), and he, along with Lois Murphy and fellow Fighting Dem Patrick Murphy have a great chance of turning Pennsylvania into a Democratic stronghold in November.