The AP published an analysis of the governor’s race this month, saying the race could be affected by national trends- namely the 2008 presidential candidates. Gov. Christine Gregoire’s endorsement of Barack Obama might help her attract voters from his demographic.
Gregoire’s somewhat surprising endorsement of Obama shores up cred with party liberals and young people, and […]

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It isn’t often that I get the urge the just repost something I’ve found in many of the blogs around the internet but after reading through two dozen political blogs in the past hour, mostly about Obama and Rev. Wright, I needed a good laugh, and the Strange Bedfellows blog from the Seattle P-I hit […]

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During his four day tour of New Orleans, Sen. John McCain said today that the Bush administration completely failed in their response to Hurricane Katrina. His long list of mistakes included “unqualified people in charge” and “a failure of communications.”
“We know we didn’t have the right kind of leadership … where government agencies were getting […]

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“This is a Hillary victory party, not an Obama loser party,” shouted Mali Kigasari, a Clinton supporter from California. Hillary Clinton’s victory rally at the Park Hyatt hotel in Philadelphia Tuesday came after a long fought battle.
While she delivered an impassioned speech inside, hundreds of people gathered outside and filled the streets with chanting, and […]

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PHILADELPHIA- New Yorkers Sothelo Chen and her friend Helen Bangera were making phone calls to Pennsylvania all week.
Disappointed by Barack Obama’s loss in their home state, they wanted to remind people to vote in today’s primary and flew in to Pennsylvania to hold up signs outside the Engine Company Ladder 23 polling station in Chinatown. […]

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PHILADELPHIA- Yesterday we posed the question, do the Amish vote in the primary? Fortunately we answered this question, and taped it below.

(We were granted permission)

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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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STATE COLLEGE–Currently Liz Burlingame and I are at Penn State University. Although it was quiet earlier here today, the campus has started to come to life.
Hillary Clinton will hold a rally here tonight in the Rec Hall, and we are going to be talking to students for their thoughts on this pivotal election.
With the Pennsylvania […]

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I knew I was in Bedford, Pennsylvania when I couldn’t see a single foreign car on the road.
It’s mostly Dodge, Chevy, Ford… you’d be hard-pressed to find an Acura.
The new car import boom largely skipped rural Pennsylvania in the 1960’s, because of both the small populations and limited centers to expand. In Smethport, PA, where […]

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The Democratic Party debate in Philadelphia last night has been blasted by many mainstream journalists (for example, see here and here) as a “gotcha” debate — that is, one in which questions designed to trip up the candidates dominated, rather than substantive issues.
Barack Obama, in particular, took it on the chin for most of the […]

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