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McCain Volunteers Working Hard in Philly

The Ballot Box | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home


The Ballot Box

McCain's Center City headquarters are located in the heart of Philadelphia's Chinatown. Here and elsewhere in this Democratic-leaning city, support fo...

PA Gov. Rendell Goes On Offensive For Obama Against McCain-Palin Attacks

Denise Dennis | Posted 11.02.2008 | Home


Denise Dennis

PHILADELPHIA - "John McCain promised a decent and honest campaign," said Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell at a press conference in Philadelphia this m...

Sam Stein

GOP Mailer: McCain Is Inheritor Of Hillary Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


The Republican Party of Pennsylvania is sending out a flier that paints John McCain and Hillary Clinton as political allies, and presents the McCain-P...

Pennsylvania Diner Denizens Weigh Their Options Come Election Day

The Ballot Box | Posted 10.29.2008 | Home


The Ballot Box

ALLENTOWN, Pa., 12:00 a.m. --- Six hours after walking through the doors of Dina's Diner in working-class center city here I emerged into the gloami...

Obama Addresses Crowd in Downpour; McCain Cancels

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 10.28.2008 | Home


Marlene H. Phillips

Tuesday was a tough day to be outside in Greater Philadelphia. The rain poured and the wind howled. The weather turned so nasty that the fifth (and po...

In Working-Class Pennsylvania, Union Reps and Football Stars Make Strong Case for Obama -- and Against McCain

Carl Davidson | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home


Carl Davidson

Organized labor has set its sights on winning Western Pennsylvania for Barack Obama. AFL-CIO chief John Sweeny came to the IBEW Local 712 Hall in Va...

Last Stand: McCain, Palin Flooding PA With Appearances

Marc Ambinder | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


Pennsylvania will see a lot of Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin next week. The scheduling reflects McCain's tough electoral math. With some -- t...

Ridge: Race Would Be Different If I Was VP Pick

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge said today that John McCain can't become president without carrying Pennsylvania and that the race would be differe...

PA Steel Town Undecideds Torn: Hardpressed But Wary of Government Assistance

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 10.22.2008 | Home


Kelly Nuxoll

JOHNSTOWN, PA-- Since a supporter at a Palin rally here waved a stuffed monkey with an Obama headband, and the county's own congressman declared "Ther...

Sam Stein

McCain Accidentally Agrees: Western Pennsylvania Is Racist

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics


Sen. John McCain offered, on Tuesday, what may go down as one of the more awkward moments of this campaign cycle, in which -- speaking in Western Penn...

Chuck Todd: McCain's Got No Ground Game (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics


Chuck Todd had nothing but bad news for John McCain on "Morning Joe" today. "Lets get realistic," he said, before adding Colorado, Virginia, and Flori...

McCain Expands In Pennsylvania, Ohio

WSJ | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics


The exploding interest in Sen. John McCain's campaign, fueled in part by the addition of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the ticket, has his staff scrambli...

McCain Courts Pennslyvania With Clean Coal Plan

Elizabeth Ross | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home


McCain's clean coal energy plan is popular in Pennsylvania and Western Virginia, where he technology is being developed. But Pittsburgh, the main city here, is a must win for Obama in the fall.

McCain Comes Ashore In Pennsylvania

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

McCain says, "I don't have to tell you, old comrades, I hate war." Three generations of veterans in the hall applaud. For all the electrifying moments at Obama rallies, there has never been one quite like this.

Sam Stein

McCain May Be Stalling Even With GOP Stage To Himself

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics


It has been more than seven weeks since John McCain officially secured the Republican presidential nomination -- a period in which the Arizona Republi...