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  Top Pa. Dem: 'Need more Pat Toomeys'
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Last EditedScott³  Jul 02, 2013 11:13pm
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AuthorThomas Fitzgerald
MediaNewspaper - Philadelphia Inquirer
News DateWednesday, July 3, 2013 05:10:00 AM UTC0:0
Description"Alan Kessler has shaken the money trees for President Bill Clinton, Senator and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore, and countless other Democrats, notably former Gov. Ed Rendell.

Now the Democratic powerbroker and Center City lawyer is co-sponsoring a $5,200-a-ticket fundraiser July 9 for Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. And the Democrats’ 2010 nominee, who wants a rematch with Toomey in three years, is not too happy about it.

“We need more Pat Toomeys,” Kessler said. “Time and time again he has reached across the aisle to work with Democrats and do what people are looking for: someone who goes to Washington and gets things done.”

The fundraiser is scheduled to be held at the home of David L. Cohen, the Comcast executive vice president and former chief of staff to then-Mayor Ed Rendell in the 1990s. Cohen is perhaps the most prominent name among the group of Pennsylvania Democratic bigs who are helping Toomey with fundraising.

In January, Cohen hosted an event at his Mt. Airy home that riased $200,000 for Gov. Corbett (R).

Kessler praised, in particular, Toomey’s recent sponsorship of legislation expanding background checks to firearms sales at gun shows, which was blocked by intense opposition from the NRA and other gun rights groups. “He was willing to step out, and he ticked off a lot of his base,” Kessler said. “It was almost as if he was treading on hallowed ground.”
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