PHILADELPHIA-Hillary Clinton spoke at the University of Pennsylvania, Palestra campus on the eve of the primary that could decide her future in the race.
She had a good turnout.
Both candidates have been campaigning extensively in the state for the last seven weeks. Near the vicinity of the event, Barack Obama supporters passed out campaign literature.
Clinton looked […]

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So if you are really into wading into the numbers and haven’t already, go check out the FEC (that’s Elections, not Energy) reports for the presidential campaigns. Obama for America and Hillary Clinton for President.
Then if you’re looking for a little more basic stuff head on over to The New York Times Finance Section of […]

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PARADISE- For almost the entire trip, Laura and I have discussed whether or not Amish people vote in the primary.
We even went out of our way to detour to Paradise and Intercourse in Lancaster County to ask them in person. Later today you can hear the answer and see us meeting with the Pennsylvania Dutch in […]

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LANCASTER-With less than 24 hours to go, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are aiming to “Get Out the Vote” in Lancaster. The question is, who can do it better?
After visiting both candidates headquarters in Lancaster today, I noticed some differences and a few similarities. Volunteers for both candidates are out canvassing, or hanging around the […]

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Early this morning I brought you some of the meaninglessness that is the polls of who is going to take the Democratic nomination, have a bit more
Rasmussen, April 20, Clinton 49% Obama 44%.
PPP Poll, April 19-20, Obama 49% Clinton 46%.
Quinnipac, April 18-20, Clinton 51% Obama 44%.
SurveyUSA, April 18-20, Clinton 50% Obama 44%.
Okay so the fun […]

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There’s an excellent analysis of the Pennsylvania polls up on dailykos, the largest of the liberal blogs and one that leans heavily toward Barack Obama in this election cycle.  Want to understand the differences among the Pennsylvania numbers?  This told me everything I needed to know:
In the last couple of days, a slew of PA […]

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Tomorrow is the “less than super, more or less pretty normal Tuesday” with the exception that 188 more delegates will be up on the chopping block.
Polls are being released at least daily if not multiple times throughout the day, so here’s the basic picture, a sampling of the poll results out there since Thursday:
Zogby, April […]

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STATE COLLEGE- His face and arms were dotted with red paint, and his fingers were dipped in blue- something I realized after I shook his hand.
“Sorry,” Sean Leonard said as he led me through the side entrance of Rec Hall, where Hillary Clinton rallied earlier tonight. “We’ve been making signs for hours.”
Leonard is the head […]

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STATE COLLEGE-Hillary Clinton had an unusually small turnout at her rally Sunday. It was the day after “blue and white,” which is an all day tailgating party for a football scrimmage, it was pouring rain, and it was a Sunday night. These factors resulted in a venue with many, many, open seats.
At 8:37 p.m., which […]

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STATE COLLEGE-Very shortly Hillary Clinton is expected to speak to a crowd in the Rec Hall at Penn State. I have had a chance to speak with some students about their political views while waiting for Clinton to arrive. Sean Meloi, President of Penn State Democrats said he is expecting a large turnout. According to […]

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