Pennsylvania Politics

Pennsylvania Republican Challenges Obama's Citizenship

Baldwin-Whitehall Patch | Robert Edward Healy III | Posted 02.10.2012

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Barack Obama does not have the legal right to be President of the United States. Such is the claim of Thomas Barchfeld, a Whitehall Borough residen...

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Debate Continues Over Santorum's State

Plum-Oakmont Patch | Zandy Dudiak | Posted 12.31.2011

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At the Iowa Straw Poll in August, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum handed out samples of what he dubbed "Pennsylvania Presidential Peac...

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Arlen Specter: The Pennsylvania Perspective

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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More important than the political calculation of Specter's defection is the fact that Specter really is a moderate Republican. He is not really a Democrat. This is the man who gave us Justice Thomas, after all.

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Arlen Specter: Determined Survivor, Pragmatic Politician, Loyal Friend

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Pennsylvania Voters Dismiss Obama's Momentum

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayhill Fowler

At the Obama Town Hall Meeting in Harrisburg on Sunday night, capital city bloggers (Progressives, all) were gloomy. Looking around the place, they could find nobody from state or city government, not even "down to the third degree," as one put it.

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