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Sam Stein

Rendell Lays Into Palin: Calls Resignation "Ridiculous," Accuses Her Of "Abandoning" State

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rendell Msnbc, Palin Resignation, Palin Alaska, Rendell Resignation, Palin Abandon State, Ed Rendell, Rendell Palin, Palin Ridiculous, Politics News

Among the myriad questions raised by Gov. Sarah Palin's abrupt resignation, is how her excuse for leaving office -- mainly that lame-duck governors ar...

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Secretary Chu's Bank

Michael Likosky | Posted 07.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Infrastructure Bank, Ed Rendell, Clean Energy Bank, Howard Dean, Aig, Jeb Bush, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, European Investment Bank, Council on Competitiveness President Obama, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Public-Private Partnership, p3, Newt Gingrich, Reason Foundation, Export-Import Bank, Business News
Michael Likosky

The Clean Energy Bank is essential to deliver on President Obama's mandate to "make sure that we are investing in what's required for long term growth."

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For the Love of Blogging

Bella DePaulo | Posted 06.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Scientific Claims, Karl Rove, Singled Out, Pay, Books, Msm, Matrimania, James Carville, Mary Matalin, Media, Singles, Myths, Atlantic Magazine, Tucker Carlson, Happiness, Consciousness-Raising, Marriage, Ed Rendell, Singlism, Susan Boyle, Snark, Health, Janet Napolitano, Comments on Blogs, Blogging, Media News
Bella DePaulo

When I first started blogging, I never imagined it would become one of my favorite things to do.

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The Moment for Public-Private Partnerships Is Now

Gov. David A. Paterson | Posted 06.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Global Recession, Infrastructure, Ed Rendell, David Paterson, National Infrastructure, Economy, President Obama, Private-Public Partnerships, Crumbling Infrastructure, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Recession, Politics News
Gov. David A. Paterson

If we are to finance and build a world-class infrastructure for America, we must seek new solutions. And a promising solution is at hand: public-private partnerships.

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Sam Stein

Rendell: Sestak Would "Get Killed" And "Marginalized" If He Runs Against Specter

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Specter Primary, Ed Rendell, Kill Election, Rendell Ed Show, Pennsylvania Democrats, Rendell Sestak, Sestak Specter, Politics News

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell sent an unusually blunt message to prospective senatorial candidate Joe Sestak on Friday, saying that if the congress...

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Addled Specter Now Claims To Have Joined Khmer Rouge

Jerry and Joe Long | Posted 05.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Arlen Specter, Ed Rendell, Democratic Party, Comedy News
Jerry and Joe Long

In the past week Specter has joined then quit the Christian Falangist Party Of America, the Japanese Communist Party, the Mensheviks, Conservative Democrats Of Slovakia, and the African National Congress.

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Specter Backs Himself into the Corner Again -- This Time with Democrats

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Bunning, Arlen Specter, Senate 2010, Ed Rendell, Joe Lieberman, Pat Toomey, Tom Ridge, Norm Coleman, Barack Obama, Joe Sestak, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

Until this weekend, I was generally supportive of Specter as the Democratic nominee next year. Now, after twice giving Democrats the finger in 48 hours, my feelings are rapidly evolving.

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Arlen Specter: Determined Survivor, Pragmatic Politician, Loyal Friend

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 04.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania Primary, Philadelphia DAs Office, Pennsylvania Politics, Republican Party, Senator Arlen Specter, Lynne Abraham, Politics News
SaraKay Smullens

The truth about this very tough and complex man and brilliant attorney cannot be simplistically assessed.

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A Drinking Water-Backed Economy

Michael Likosky | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure Bank, Meet the Press, Ppp, American-Society-of-Civil-Engineers, Michael Bloomberg, President Obama, Katrina, Public/Private Partnerships, David Gregory, Building America's Future, Interstate 595, American-Recovery-and-Reinvestment-Act, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Infrastructure, Ed Rendell, Subprime Mortgages, Wall Street, Obama Bank, Beltway, I-35 Bridge Collapse, p3, Drinking Water, Oakland Port, Politics News
Michael Likosky

As politicians and pundits continue to pillor Wall Street and the Beltway for bad investments, on this week's Meet the Press, David Gregory welcomed a...

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Biden, Rendell Have Talked To Specter About Party Switch

Talking Points Memo | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Ed Rendell, Rendell Specter, Biden Specter, Joe Biden, Senator Arlen Specter, Politics News

Ed Rendell told RNN-TV, a regional cable news channel in the Northeast, that he has in fact tried to talk GOP Senator Arlen Specter into switching to ...

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First Stimulus Contractor is GOP Donor

ProPublica | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lynn Swann, Ed Rendell, John McCain, Economic Stimulus Package, President Obama, American Infrastructure, A. Ross Myers, 100 Days, Politics News
ProPublica

The chief executive of the construction company awarded the first recovery project is actually a big Republican donor -- and contributed to Obama's opponent John McCain.

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Dem Governors Skeptical Of Stimulus Boycott

Politico | Andy Barr | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mark Sanford, National Governors Association, Ed Rendell, Bobby Jindal, Haley Barbour, Politics News

Many of the Democratic governors assembled in Washington this weekend for the National Governors Association's annual meeting doubt that four Republic...

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Sam Stein

Blagojevich Coverage: A Plea For Perspective

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Media Blagojevich, Reader Complaint Blagojevich, Ed Rendell, Blagojevich, Rod Blagojevich, Health Care Coverage, Media Coverage, Politics News

Reader KP writes in to add some much needed perspective on the increasingly obsessive Rod Blagojevich coverage. Here is some food for thought. I lost...

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Rendell: Napolitano Hot Mic Comment "100% True," Not Sexist

CNN | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell defended his recent off-microphone remark about Homeland Security Secretary-designate Janet Napolitano, calling the comme...

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Rendell Hot Mic Again: Palin "Not A Genius" But Has "Great Instincts"

ABC News | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rendell Palin Not a Genius, Ed Rendell, Sarah Palin Ed Rendell, Rendell Hot Mic, Sarah Palin, Palin Rendell, Ed Rendell Hot Mic, Politics News

Further examination of the videotape reveals that Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell's comments about Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano's not having a life (and...

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Rendell, Napolitano, and the Exaltation of Exhaustion

Arianna Huffington | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Workaholics, Ed Rendell, Work, Ed Rendell Napolitano, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

Did I think Ed Rendell's comment was sexist? I didn't. But I do think it is emblematic of a pervasive misperception in America: the idea that to be a success you have to drive yourself into the ground.

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Campbell Brown Hits Ed Rendell For Open Mic Remark

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 12.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Video, Ed Rendell, Ed Rendell Open Mic, Campbell Brown Sexism, Campbell Brown Ed Rendell, Ed Rendell Janet Napolitano, Campbell Brown, Media News

Campbell Brown dedicated her "Cutting Through the Bull" segment to Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell Tuesday night over a remark he made while he did n...

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Ed Rendell, Obama's Secretary of Energy?

Posted 11.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Obama Secretary of Energy, Ed Rendell, Secretary of Energy Ed Rendell, Secretary of Energy, Obama Cabinet, Green News

Who's a likely bet to be tapped for Barack Obama's cabinet? Some prognosticators guess that Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell could be Barack Obama's...

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Philadelphia Dems and Union Leaders Won't Let Up In Getting Out The Vote

Denise Dennis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Chaka Fattah Obama, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, Chaka Fattah Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell, Union Vote Philadelphia, Obama Afl/Cio, Allison Schwartz, Working Class Obama, Rendell Obama, Obama AFL-CIO, Chaka Fattah, Obama Pennsylvania, Blue Collar Obama, Obama Philly, Philadelphia Obama, Blue-Collar Pennsylvanians Obama, Barack Obama, Allison Schwartz Obama, Unions Obama, Brandon Lucas, Barack Obama Good Morning America, Obama Gotv, Home News
Denise Dennis

PHILADELPHIA -- Brandon Lucas, 54, of Philadelphia has been a member of the Iron Workers Union for twenty years. His father, a Democratic committee m...

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Obama Shores Up Pennsylvania by Rallying Voters in Philly

Denise Dennis | Posted 10.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Bob Brady, Rendell Clinton, Ed Rendell, Senator Bob Casey, Obama Economy, Mayor Michael Nutter, Rendell Obama, Obama Get Out the Vote, Obama Swing State, Chaka Fattah, Obama Pennsyvania, Barack Obama, Obama Gotv, Obama Pa., Home News
Denise Dennis

PHILADELPHIA, 11 October -- The community organizer came to the community. Obama barnstormed this city, taking his message directly to the people, s...

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Ed Rendell Delivers -- For McCain

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ed Rendell, Jeremiah Wright, George Stephanopoulos, Mel Martinez, This Week, John McCain, Bill Ayers, Barack Obama, Politics News
Carol Felsenthal

Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, an all-out Hillary supporter, now supporting Obama in a state that will be key to McCain's fortunes a month from now, continues to be a loose cannon.

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Live from the Bruce Springsteen Obama Concert

Jack Hidary | Posted 10.05.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Bruce Springsteen Obama, Ed Rendell, Jack Hidary, Bob Casey, Obama Campaign Pennsylvania, The Boss, Springsteen, Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Obama Pennsylvania, Entertainment News
Jack Hidary

Thank you Bruce for reminding us of what is important in life and how important this election is for "making good" in this great nation.

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Sam Stein

Rendell: If I Was Palin You'd Be Calling For My Impeachment

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Troopergate, Ed Rendell, Rendell Trooper Gate, Rendell Impeachment, Palin Bridge to Nowhere, Rendell Palin, Palin Earmarks, McCain Palin, Rendell Mccain, Rendell Conference Call, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Gov. Ed Rendell decried a double standard in the treatment of Sarah Palin on Monday, saying that if it was he who was at the center of the "troopergat...

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Anxious, Apprehensive, And Adoring -- In Denver

Robert Guttman | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Delegates, Hillary Clinton, Ed Rendell, Denver Convention, Denver, Politics News
Robert Guttman

There seems to be a feeling that something is missing -- possibly the initial excitement Obama generated in the primaries -- and the delegates want to have this excitement back in the campaign.

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The Return of Joementum

Bob Burnett | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ed Rendell, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bob Burnett

Sunday - As Democrats trooped into Denver, they breathed a collective sigh of relief. After a roller-coaster week, the collective wisdom was that Bar...

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