• Sen. Scott Brown will be in Philadelphia this afternoon to keynote a fundraiser for Pat Toomey’s bid against Democrat Joe Sestak. Stay tuned to Battle ‘10 for continuing coverage.
  • The Pennsylvania Republican Party is gathering in Harrisburg tonight for a two-day booster-rally with fewer than 40 days left until Election Day. John Boehner will keynote this evening, and Battle ‘10 will be there with updates.
  • The NRA has, unsurprisingly, endorsed Tom Corbett’s gubernatorial campaign against Democrat Dan Onorato, the man down 15 points in the latest poll. John Hohenwarter, legislative liaison from Virginia, said of Onorato that he “hasn’t seen a gun he doesn’t like.”
  • Dan Onorato is campaigning on funding the state Department of Environmental Protection by taxing extraction of Marcellus Shale, a lucrative natural gas pocket that could create as many as 80,000 jobs in the Commonwealth. It’s unclear how this will win him new voters, beyond energizing an environmental base.
  • Onorato has also said he would pressure drilling companies to “Hire Pennsylvanian,” or he would threaten them by withholding their drilling license. Ed Rendell, his cited “mentor,” has said the idea is illegal.
  • The National Republican Congressional Committee has launched a donor campaign called “39 Days” that aims to raise $39,000 per day for the 39 days heading into Nov. 2. Congressman Pete Sessions, chairman of the committee, introduces the campaign here.