Here is an article posted to the PG's website:
http://www.postgazette.com/breaking/20020904haferp7.asp
Rendell gets Hafer's backing at Downtown rally
Wednesday, September 04, 2002
By James O'Toole, Post-Gazette Politics Editor
Republican state Treasurer Barbara Hafer endorsed Democrat Ed Rendell for governor today, spurning the candidacy of her onetime GOP rival, Attorney General Mike Fisher.
Hafer, who has been the Republican nominee in five statewide elections over the past two decades, said she had decided to back Rendell because his experience as mayor of Philadelphia qualified him to lead the state through tough economic times.
Rendell and Hafer this morning appeared on the portico of the City-County Building in Downtown Pittsburgh, across the street from the office Hafer occupied as county commissioner. Hafer was introduced by Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy, who told a crowd of several hundred that Hafer had displayed political courage in crossing the aisle to back a Democrat.
A different interpretation of Hafer's decision was pressed by a group of about a dozen demonstrators, who stood across Grant Street with signs denouncing the treasurer as "Benedict Hafer."
Hafer and Rendell were surrounded by supporters with signs proclaiming, "Republicans for Rendell," and "Women for Choice; Women for Rendell."
Hafer and Rendell were to repeat their performance in news conferences later in the day in Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
More details in tomorrow's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.