02/10/2008
Barletta shakes off rookie mistakes
BY BORYS KRAWCZENIUK
STAFF WRITER


Six years ago, Democratic U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski knocked off an upstart first-term Republican mayor from Hazleton named Lou Barletta, winning his 10th term and first representing Scranton.


In defeat, Mr. Barletta, who lost by 13 percentage points in a heavily Democratic district, sounded like another try was inevitable.

“If I planned this right now for 2004, I would guarantee you I would be much better prepared financially and organizationally,â€