Boockvar wants to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick in November, and in a matter of weeks

Collections News Conference Abu-Jamal smear raises profile of Bucks candidate October 10, 2012 | BY SEAN COLLINS WALSH, Daily News Staff Writer Image 1 of 2 View Gallery Flanked by former Gov. Ed Rendell (left) and District Attorney Seth Williams, naples florida luxury vacation home rentals Congressional (ALEJANDRO ALVAREZ/STAFF )
REPORTERS naples florida luxury vacation home rentals and camera crews from almost every major media outlet in Philadelphia jammed a Center City office Monday for a news conference headlined by former Gov. Ed Rendell, one of the state's best-known politicians.
Boockvar wants to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick in November, and in a matter of weeks, her campaign has vaulted from fighting obscurity to getting shout-outs from America's Mayor - thanks to her Republican opponents.
The recent surge in interest in Pennsylvania's 8th District - a seat coveted by both parties' brass in Washington but mostly unknown to voters south of Bucks County - was sparked by a GOP group's effort to tie Boockvar to convicted Philadelphia naples florida luxury vacation home rentals cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.
With media coverage that the campaign couldn't possibly drum up on its own, and a new narrative to attack Fitzpatrick for refusing to denounce the Abu-Jamal smear, local Democrats are hoping that the tactic will backfire on Republicans in the area's most competitive congressional race.
"This is politics that has all sorts of different overtones. It's sleazy. It's disgraceful," said Rendell, who as then-District Attorney presided over the prosecution of Abu-Jamal for the 1981 murder of Officer Daniel Faulkner. "It made me disgusted with my profession."
The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) launched a blog and made robocalls to alert voters that "Radical Kathy" has "troubling connections" to Abu-Jamal. The connection: her husband, Jordan Yeager, did legal work for a witness in the case, years later, when she recanted her testimony. He also represented someone arrested for a minor offense at a protest supporting Abu-Jamal.
Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesman James Hallinan said that the episode may turn out to benefit Boockvar because of the attention naples florida luxury vacation home rentals it has received - Monday was the second time that Rendell has spoken naples florida luxury vacation home rentals up for Boockvar.
"I think it shows a lot that both of those very busy individuals came and stood with Kathy and had a lot to say about this," Hallinan said of Rendell and District Attorney Seth Williams, who also attended the news conference.
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