Kane v. Corbett


  Will this change the dynamic with Paterno fans?

A number of outlets are reporting that the report commissioned by Attorney General Kathleen Kane about the Jerry Sandusky case found no evidence that Gov. Tom Corbett, as attorney general, abused the legal process. That is good news for Corbett's campaign, but he has other problems. 

First, Kane made a mistake with how she devised the report. She alleged in her campaign for attorney general in 2012 that Corbett did not assign investigators to the Sandusky case until his 2010 election as governor was assured. That was a political decision by Corbett, not a legal one. He did not abuse the legal process in doing so according to this report. 

However, the report allegedly questions the pace of the process, which is a political, not a legal, argument. According to a Phila. Inquirer blog, the report is that Corbett did nothing for political gain, but "it raises questions about the pace of the case."
http://mobile.philly.com/news/politics/?wss=/philly/news/politics&id=262229091&

I am not surprised with this, if in fact the report by Widener law professor and former prosecutor H. Geoffrey Moulton, does find that to be the case. 

Will this help Corbett in his campaign for governor? Veteran political analyst G. Terry Madonna told the Patriot News that he believes that it could, but he warns that it will not change the dynamic with Penn State / Paterno fans. "He's still got a problem with Penn State alums over Joe Paterno," said Madonna. "This still doesn't get him over the hurdle of his support of the Freeh Report, which included the bit about Joe Paterno. That certainly riled Penn State alums. I've talked to many of them about it." 

Madonna added that while this could help Corbett, "It's not going to diminish that piece of it in his re-election."
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2014/06/no_matter_how_good_kanes_repor.html

Three polls that were released this week indicated that Corbett was behind Democrat Tom Wolf by either 20 points (Rasmussen and Quinnipiac) or 25 points (Public Policy). Most of the people who oppose Corbett did not do so because of the Sandusky case but because of his policies and inept administration. 

Corbett is despised by people because of his cuts to education, his inability to balance the budget, his policies regarding franking, his willingness to send the Pa. lottery to Great Britain … and the list goes on. This may give him a slight boost, but the PSU people will not change their minds -- nor will most of those who think that he was just an incompetent administrator. 

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