Manion to stay on the campaign stump

Count Republican Tom Manion as one of the Congressional candidates who will continue to campaign as GOP nominee for president John McCain temporarily suspends his campaign to deal with the brewing economic crisis.

"I respect and agree with Senator McCain’s decision to suspend his campaign and offer his assistance during this crisis," Manion told PolitickerPA.com in a statement. "I will be following the developments very closely, and discussing the situation with advisors. As we have no legislative role to fill however, I am not planning to suspend my campaign. I’ll continue to work hard here in district 8 so that our community has the leadership they need come January to follow through on this crisis."

Manion is running against U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy in the 8th Congressional District.