Sal Pal to raise money for Tom Manion

Political football, or one of Tom Manion’s Top Plays?

ESPN correspondent and football analyst Sal Paolantonio will headline a fund-raiser for Bucks County Republican Party congressional hopeful Tom Manion Sept. 16 at Ventresca’s, a high-end Doylestown clothing store that counts pro athletes among its high profile customers.

Manion is hoping to unseat incumbent first-term Democrat Patrick Murphy in the 8th Congressional District, centered in Bucks County.

He may need more than a little help from the man known by some Philly sports fans as “Sal Pal” on the fund-raising front. According to the Federal Election Commission, Murphy had 2.2 million on hand, compared to about $500,000 for Manion at the end of June.

Murphy is no stranger to “gridiron” politics. A die-hard Eagles fan, he cast the lone vote in February against a Congressional resolution honoring the New York Giants for their Super Bowl victory, earning him a few chits among the Eagles Green faithful.

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