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World Series Fashion Trends and Their Presidential Parallels

Disgrasian | Posted 11.23.2008 | Style

Read More: Elitist, Mullets, Swing State, Baseball, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, How to Give a Man Hug, Obama Baseball, Real Americans, Mohawks, Baseball Caps, Fashion Trends, McCain Maverick, Political Fashion, Sports, Punk, Swing States, Pennsylvania, World Series, Palling Around With Terrorists, Man Hug, Hat Brims, Florida, Fashion, Philadelphia Phillies, 2008 Political Election, Style News
Disgrasian

Both World Series teams happen to be from two important swing states, Florida and Pennsylvania. Kinda puts a new spin on the idea of a state being "in play," doesn't it?

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Ethics Trickle Down, McCain

Hal Donahue | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Murtha, Charity Organizations, John McCain, Pennsylvania, Military, Sarah Palin, Ethics, William Russell, Fisher House, Politics News
Hal Donahue

The candidate calls himself Lieutenant Colonel Russell. Like him, I'm a retired LtCol, but I seldom go by that title and if I do use it, I always identify myself retired as required by regulations.

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No Sex Until After the Election

Nick Antosca | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Get Out the Vote, Sex, Election, Barack Obama, Voting, Funny, Pennsylvania, Humor, Election 2008, Canvassing, Politics News
Nick Antosca

If Obama wins, then you get to express your jubilation by having long-awaited celebratory sex with another, or several other, similarly elated individuals (console McCain voters at your discretion).

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Palin Asks Pennsylvania For A Comeback

AP | MARK SCOLFORO | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Voters, Sarah Palin Pennsylvania, Politics News

LANCASTER, Pa. — Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday made a pitch for a ninth-inning comeback from a minor-league baseb...

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PA High School Teacher Reportedly Showed Obsession To Students

Chris Rodda | Posted 11.17.2008 | Media

Read More: Public Schools, Islamophobia, Pennsylvania, Obsession the Movie, 2008 Election, Media News
Chris Rodda

A teacher has reportedly shown the anti-Muslim propaganda film to her high school class warning the students that if Obama is elected, some of what they saw in the film would occur.

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Talking to "Undecideds" in Allentown, PA

Aimee Lee Ball | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Undecided Voters, Pennsylvania, Ronald Reagan, Economy, Economic Crisis, Election 2008, Barack Obama, Canvassing, Republicans, Politics News
Aimee Lee Ball

We asked the people we visited the same question that Ronald Reagan asked in the 1980 election: Are you better off now than you were four years ago?

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Obama's Smart Targeted Web Campaign

Bart Motes | Posted 11.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Virginia, Pennsylvania, Barack Obama, Ohio, North Carolina, Media News
Bart Motes

Websites cannot substitute for the hard work of grassroots campaigning: particularly phone banking and canvassing. But they can augment the work of local organizers and volunteers.

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Easy Access To Assault Weapons? Obama Says 'No,' McCain Says 'Yes'

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Law Enforcement, Police, Assault Weapons, Last Presidential Debate, Third Presidential Debate, Presidential Debates, Presidential Debate, Nra, Barack Obama, Guns, Illegal Guns, Virginia, National Rifle Association, Pennsylvania, Ak-47, Florida, Politics News
Paul Helmke

Last week, the Brady Center released its report on the impact of military-style semi-automatic assault weapons on American families and law enforcemen...

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Obama Office Evacuated In South Philadelphia

Philly.Com | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Barack Obama Pennsylvania, Barack Obama, Barack Obama Office, Politics News

Authorities are trying to find out who sent a threatening letter containing a suspicious substance to one of Barack Obama's South Philadelphia campaig...

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Clinton: "Jobs, Baby, Jobs!"

AP | MARYCLAIRE DALE | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Obama Pennsylvania, Clinton Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Politics News

PHILADELPHIA — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton offered a Democratic rejoinder to the Republican chant of "drill, baby, drill." Said the one-time pre...

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Ooh, That Smell: McCain and His Mob Waltz with Death

Pete Cenedella | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Mccain Angry Mob, Negative Attacks, Ohio, Traitor, Rally, Violence, Pennsylvania, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Socialists, Politics News
Pete Cenedella

What's happening at these McCain-Palin rallies is a series of convulsions and spasms no less primordial than those we make at the end of life -- a kind of death dance.

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On the Stump in Pa., McCain's Main Issue Is Obama

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 11.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Swing State, John McCain, Obama Bitter, Democrats, Pennsylvania, Barack Obama, Bill Platt, Election 2008, Cindy McCain, Philadelphia, Iraq, Hillary Clinton, Lehigh County, Bruce Springsteen, Republicans, Home News
Kelly Nuxoll

At a McCain event in Pennsylvania, the Lehigh County Republican chairman encouraged supporters to spend nights volunteering, saying, "Think how you would feel if you woke up on November 5th and Barack Obama--Barack Hussein Obama--were president."

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Arianna, Mike Huckabee Duke It Out In Pennsylvania (VIDEO)

CBS Local News | Mike Parker | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Huckabee, Debate, Pennsylvania, Mike Huckabee, Arianna, Arianna Huffington, Video, Politics News

CBS local news reports: A former governor and a former candidate for governor, each with political opinions that couldn't set them further apart were...

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Seth Colter Walls

McCain Could Be Forced Out Of Pennsylvania Too, Union Chief Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Mccain Michigan, Battleground States, McCain Pull Out Michigan, Barack Obama Pennsylvania, United Steelworkers, Pennsylvania, Barack Obama, Politics News

Democrats cheered on Wednesday when news broke that John McCain's campaign was abandoning Michigan, pulling down its ads and sending staffers to other...

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Price-Fixing By Egg Producers Alleged in Pennsylvania Lawsuit

Forbes | Maryclaire Dale | Posted 11.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Eggs, Price-Fixing, Politics of Food, Eating Matters, Factory Farms, Pennsylvania, Food Prices, New York, Green News

PHILADELPHIA - A New York restaurant has filed a potential class-action suit over alleged price-fixing in the egg industry, days after the Justice Dep...

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Top Obama Labor Supporter Warns: Battleground States "Extremely Volatile"

TPM.COM | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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In an unusually candid interview, a top official for the largest union backing Obama said that internal union polling shows that the race remains much...

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Obama and Democrats Fighting Hard on GOP Turf

Paul Jenkins | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

All told, 20 states are currently at high risk of loss by the Republican party in either the presidential election, the Senate race, or both. How is that for expanding the playing field?

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One VP Candidate Sticks Around To Answer Questions

Erin Medlicott | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

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Erin Medlicott

Greensburg, PA: Speaking to a packed house in the Greensburg Salem High School gym Thursday, Democratic VP nominee Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) criticized t...

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The Dead Core of McCain's Republican Party

Paul Jenkins | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Transportation, Immigration, Iraq, Race, Democratic Party, Sarah Palin, Stem Cell Research, Iran, Military, Phil Gramm, Carly Fiorina, Technology, Republican Party, African-American Issues, Abortion, Halliburton, Science, Free Trade, Hispanic Issues, Texas, Uzbekistan, Pennsylvania, Capitalism, Barack Obama, College, Oil, Health Care, Scranton, Energy, Gay Marriage, Economy, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Now that it has thoroughly discredited the market economy it was ostensibly pushing, the Republican Party is left with no clear, logical economic agenda.

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McCain: Same As He Ever Was

Paul Jenkins | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Abortion, Corruption, Bill Clinton, Europe, Florida, Michigan, Swift Boat, George W. Bush, Oregon, Presidential Election, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Black Issues, Race, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Virginia, Economist, Sex, John Kerry, New Hampshire, Ohio, South Carolina, New York Times, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, Paul Krugman, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

At some point it becomes hard to blame the traditional media for its improper coverage. Clearly, the McCain/Palin lies have not gone unnoticed -- yet, there is barely a blip in the polls.

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Flight 93 Crash Town Looks To Tourism

AP | RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI | Posted 10.11.2008 | Home

Read More: 9/11, Flight 93, United Flight 93, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, Tourism, Home News

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. — Searching for an economic boost and home to perhaps the most compelling story of 9/11, rural Somerset County is trying to pul...

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Obama-Biden: A Match Made In Iowa

Beverly Davis | Posted 09.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Sen. Clinton, Biden Vice President, Sen. Biden, Democratic Debates, Edwards, Obama, Pennsylvania, Biden, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Obama, Sen. McCain, Obamacans, Joseph R. "Beau" Biden III, John Edwards, Sen. John Edwards, Keystone State, Roman Catholic, Republicans, President Musharraf, Iowa Caucuses, Battleground States, Iowa, Battleground, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Home News
Beverly Davis

Obama's decision is no surprise to those of us who witnessed how well the Biden and Obama camps worked together during the Iowa caucuses. Biden's many supporters there are jumping for joy.

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"D-Carbon" Brings Solar to the Coalfields

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Minnesota, Schuylkill County, Anthracite, Renewable Electricity Standard, Ed Rendell, Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Carbon County, United Mine Workers of America, Coal, Pennsylvania, Gamesa, Natural Gas, Al Gore, Global Warming, Solar Power, Green News
Josh Dorner

Carbon County, in a poetic turn, is now set to host the second largest solar facility in the nation.

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Thomas B. Edsall

Obama's Pennsylvania: State Leans Dem, But He Has Work To Do

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 09.06.2008 | Politics

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In theory, David Callahan, 39, should be a guaranteed vote for Barack Obama. He believes "the Republicans are more for the companies, the Democrats m...

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McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Polls, African-American Voters, North Dakota, Ronald Reagan, Affirmative Action, George W. Bush, Colorado, Immigration, Michael Dukakis, Arizona, West Virgnia, South Dakota, Mark Penn, Democratic Party, Missouri, Echo Boom, Nevada, Virginia, Montana, Cuban-Americans, New Mexico, Latino Voters, John Kerry, New Hampshire, Ohio, Plains, Racism, Mississippi, Republican Party, Northeast, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Bill Clinton, Latino Issues, Alaska, Florida, John McCain, Karl Rove, Appalachia, Presidential Election, Texas, Baby Boom, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Young Voters, Midwest, Wisconsin, Advertising, Michigan, Iowa, Georgia, South Carolina, Hispanic Voters, George H. W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Southern Issues, Dnc, Libertarian Party, Indiana, White Voters, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

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