Newspaper: Corbett for PA Attorney General

It's never a good sign when the most widely-read newspaper in your own backyard backs your opponent.

The Allentown Morning Call is urging Pennsylvania voters to re-elect Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett over Democrat John Morganelli, the district attorney of Northampton County.

From the newspaper's endorsement editorial:

The Morning Call looked for a way to recommend that John Morganelli be elected state attorney general on Nov. 4 ... But in seeking to oust Republican incumbent Tom Corbett, the Democrat from Bethlehem did not mount the most effective campaign.

The newspaper says Morganelli's entire campaign is based on the charge that Corbett botched the Bonusgate corruption investigation involving use of taxpayer money for political campaign work.

More from the editorial:

Is it tainted, as Mr. Morganelli says? The proof will be in its final findings, and Pennsylvanians have a big stake in its completion because nothing less than the integrity of state government (and the proper use of their tax dollars) is at stake.

Mr. Corbett is the best person to see it through, and The Morning Call recommends his re-election.

Read the full editorial at the newspaper's Web site.