Reverberations from Attorney General Tom Corbett’s prosecution of 12 current and former state House Democratic members and staffers hit the Capitol on Wednesday, and it sounded a lot like 2006.

Legislative hopefuls and longtime incumbents outlined different tacks to the same goal: clean up a culture of corruption that, at times, seems as much a part of the Capitol as its Italian marble.

A group of 17 Democratic House candidates unveiled the Pennsylvania Candidate Platform for Reform, or “PennCPR” — the CPR, of course, for “reviving ethics.” It calls for limiting perks, restraining lobbyist influence, and campaign finance reform.  read more »