John Baer: With the wolfpack at the Pa. Society bash

So there I am with this interesting trio of Democrats.

McCord, the savvy, energetic, ambitious treasurer is at or near the top of every list of likely opponents to Gov. Corbett.

Kane's the current star of state politics after her lead-the-ticket win for attorney general.

And Wolf (not the novelist) says that this time he's running for guv to win.

Two Dems gearing up to take on Corbett in 2014 and another positioned to potentially take him down - if she finds funny business in a promised probe of how Corbett handled the Sandusky case.

As Wolf approaches Kane and me, I say, "Hey, we were just talking about the Wolf for Governor Committee."

He doesn't miss a beat: "Well, don't let me interrupt."

This is the stuff of the annual Pennsylvania Society weekend: polite, well-dressed banter (except for that bar brawl involving a spilled drink and a gaggle of Society goers at a midtown W Hotel nightclub) and lots of speculation in venues of excess.

Most of this year's chatter centered on which (if any) Democrat has "The Right Stuff" to oust Corbett.

Prodigious Dem-fundraiser Ken Jarin spent some time giving folks 10 seconds to name the party's likely nominee for governor.

While noting that it's early and who knows what happens, Jarin says McCord pops up most often in his informal poll.

Oh, but there's a growing list, some members of which are like Wolfian characters aflame with a case of "the vanities."

Top names such as Bob Casey will tease a run as long as possible while Allyson Schwartz prays that Casey runs, wins and appoints her to his Senate seat.

McCord - who just hired Gary Tuma, former press secretary to Vince Fumo and Rendell - is raising money and watching how Corbett does with the budget, the Legislature and Kane.

Announced candidate John Hanger, also a former Rendell cabinet member, held a reception in a nondescript conference room on the 43rd floor of the Met Life building. The reception and he easily win the weekend's Least Glitzy award.

Source: http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/john_baer/20121210_John_Baer__John_Baer__With_the_wolfpack_at_the_Pa__Society_bash.html

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