Bob “Crooksy” Brooks had his office opening yesterday. There were about a dozen people who were in the photo one person posted, which is about what his excitement on the ground in PA-7 is- a couple of elected officials in Allentown, a couple of operatives, a couple of guys who are union members from unions that aren’t members of the Lehigh Valley Building Trades, a child who can’t vote, and like two people who came in from off the street. Quite impressive, right? Now to be fair, I’m not sure any candidate would have a huge number of people at an event like this yet, but both McClure and Obando-Derstine had more people at their announcements, Pinsley had more people at his meeting to organize petitions, and Crosswell isn’t even from here and had more people in some person’s living room the other night.

It’s right about now that “Crooksy’s” Harrisburg handlers are realizing they are going to have to astroturf this thing. There guy is getting out raised badly by Crosswell and even they know he’s much further behind McClure and Obando-Derstine than their poll that purposely excluded Pinsley said. So, here comes the astroturf group to save him:

Good Morning,

I hope this finds you well. I am writing today to invite you to a presentation regarding Stronger Together PA, an entity that will be supporting Bob Brooks in the race for Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional district.

Bob is a Bethlehem firefighter who spent 20 years protecting his community. He was elected President of the Pennsylvania Professional Fire Fighters Association where he led statewide fights for fair wages, benefits, and safety. Bob has earned the endorsement of labor leaders, including IAFF and SEIU, and elected officials such as Governor Josh Shapiro, Congressman Chris Deluzio, and Senator Bernie Sanders. In Congress, Bob will protect good union jobs, focus on affordability, support public safety, and strengthen the Lehigh Valley’s local economy.

PA-07 will be one of the most competitive districts in the country. Bob is facing a crowded primary field, featuring career politicians and out-of-district challengers, and a well funded Republican incumbent. This entity will reach voters to share Bob’s worker first priorities to deliver the 18,000-32,000 required to win the primary and position Bob for success in the general election. 

We will be holding a presentation on February 2 at 5:00 PM over zoomto introduce you to our team, give you an insight into our strategies, and update you on the state of the race. If you are interested in attending, please rsvp to me at mailto:simone@spbstrategies.com. A zoom link for this meeting will be sent upon rsvping. Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you.

Best,
Simone

If your product is defective, sometimes it takes more to fix him than it does to try and make everyone forget about it. How do you make people forget that he stiffed his mother-in-law out of $55k? How do you make people forget that he thinks Barack Obama “sucks?” How do you make people forget that he’s a religious radical and gun nut? How do you make people forget about racist posts? It takes a lot of coin.

One way is to make sure they never see it. So tonight is a Congressional debate at Lafayette College. The street word is that “Crooksy” and his team said they would not take part if media was invited. I’m sure they’d deny it, and I have no idea why any group would want to have a debate that isn’t covered, but I trust the source that told me this. I guess if no one sees that this fire is too big for Crooksy, nobody may know.

There are people sitting in jail right now for taking $50,000 and never paying it back. Crooksy is debating for Congress having done the same thing. And he’s doing it without public scrutiny.