It's another round of political games from Pennsylvania politicians, and I can hardly wait until the electronic versions are released for iPhones and Xboxes so that our elected officials can forget about them and get back to doing the work of the people, in a manner that benefits the people and good government.

        With last week's heavy rain, there was certainly enough mud to sling on both sides of the aisle. In the Democratic primary race for governor, Rob McCord, the Commonwealth's treasurer, reached into his third-place (from recent Muhlenberg-Morning Call poll) hand and played the race card against front-runner (by 25 points) Tom Wolf.

        McCord's ad asks why York business man Wolf, served as chairman of the 2001 mayoral reelection campaign of Charlie Robertson.  The incumbent was arrested the day after he won the primary election on charges that, as a young police officer in 1969, Robertson incited whites to attack blacks and distributed ammunition that killed a 26-year-old woman.  As chairman of the election campaign Wolf was quoted as saying he would be glad to still serve as Robert's chairman in the general election.  Robertson, however, dropped out of the race one day later.  He was acquitted of murder in 2002.  Wolf's only appearance in McCord's ad is his campaign's name and a small photo.  The ad didn't accuse him of racism but the implication was clear.

        Wolf responded with a host of African-American leaders who say that McCord was attempting to smear the character of a good man who they know as an inclusive leader.  Response ads, featuring some of those leaders, followed.  Even Rep. Dwight Evans (D, Phila.), an African-American, weighed in by saying, "I've been a black man for 59 years – I do not need Rob McCord to make a judgment for me … I understand you want to win an election, but at what cost?"

        Stay tuned, the primary election is less than two weeks away.

        In the ongoing saga of the "Kane Mutiny," state Attorney General Kathleen Kane may have to face a resolution calling for her impeachment.

        The House State Government Committee heard testimony Tuesday from allies of Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R), the panel's chairman and sponsor of the resolution.  Mecalfe is accusing Kane of breaking the law by refusing to defend the Commonwealth's ban on same-sex marriage because she believes it's unconstitutional.  It also cites the Attorney General's decision to not prosecute politicians caught up in a legislative sting operation.

        At Tuesday's hearing, 10 (all Democrats) of the 21 committee members walked out when Metcalfe ordered  security officers to eject Rep. Michael O'Brien (D, Phila) after he repeatedly interrupted the chairman and called the gathering a "kangaroo court."

        At this point, Democrats are saying the proposed resolution is seeking to bypass the normal, formal process for impeachments.  Republicans are saying there are no clear rules on impeachments and that they are within their rights to set a new precedent.

        Meanwhile, schools still need more money, and property tax and pension system reforms sit on the back-burner while officials refuse to work together in an attempt to represent their constituents.  And the games go on.