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Good Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers.

If it's true that the last thing any candidate needs in the middle of a hard-fought campaign is a scandal that costs you precious time and resources, then it's probably doubly true that the last thing any candidate (of any party needs) is a bizzarro scandal involving email porn.

Yet, according to our pal Tom Fitzgerald at The Inquirer, that's exactly the position that Republican Gov. Tom Corbett finds himself in as he races to close a double-digit polling gap with Democratic challenger Tom Wolf.

The emall scandal that's claimed the jobs of former Corbett aides and devoured airtime and headline space "poses potential political risk for Corbett by undermining his image as a straight-arrow law enforcer, and by suggesting he is a disengaged executive," Fitzgerald wrote Sunday.

And political analysts see things much the same way.

This is a momentum-zapper," Chris Borick, pollster and political scientist at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, tells the Inky. "The governor needs every break he could possibly get. Based on polls we're seeing, he needs a historic comeback."

Political sage G. Terry Madonna at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster offered a similar take:

"You don't want to ask for the resignation of cabinet officers in the final days of a reelection campaign," Madonna told the Inky. "It reinforces a perception that this administration can't move its agenda, that it's caught up in too many internal situations."

At this writing, less than a month remains before voters head to the polls. And Corbett trails Wolf by an average of 15 percentage points, according to an index compiled by the insider site RealClear Politics.

The ongoing furor is likely to feed GOP suspicions that Attorney General Kathleen Kane, a Democrat, leaked the names late in the race for partisan gain. It's certainly a chorus we've heard repeatedly from Republican loyalists.

The question now is, with about three weeks to go, can Corbett turn the narrative to a more compelling subject? We'll see.

The rest of the day's news starts now.

Pa. Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron Castille has received files on 'hundreds' of dirty state emails, our Capitol colleague Charlie Thompson reports.

And The Inky also looks at the question of how former top OAG official Frank Fina escaped the email scandal.

And PhilyMag wants to know whether Tom Wolf can govern Pennsylvania. The more appropriate question: Can anyone do that anymore?

The Post-Gazette looks at the growing "conservative unease" over the GOP leadership in the state Senate.

The Tribune-Review looks at the state's efforts to prep for an ebola outbreak.

Police at Penn State have made an arrest in that social media shooting threat, The Morning Call reports.

PoliticsPA rounds up the winners and losers in state politics last week.

Keystone Politics makes the argument for controlling methane emissions from natural gas drilling.

Politico wants to know if there will be an Obamacare October Surprise this campaign season.

The crisis isn't over, but far fewer unaccompanied minors are crossing the border, The National Journal reports.

What Goes On (Nakedly Political Edition).

State Rep. Scott Petri, R-Bucks, holds his golf outing at Jericho National Golf Club in lovely New Hope, Pa. today. Admission runs $250 to $400.

Heavy Rotation.

Here's an old favorite by James. It's "She's a Star," recorded live in Manchester.

Monday's Gratuitous Baseball Link.

After droppingt the first two games, Baltimore travels to KC tonight for game three in the ALCS against the Royals. We're trying not to get too nervous.

And now you're up to date. See you all back here in a bit.