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Rendell As Inquirer Owner? Might As Well Be Philly Enquirer

Chris Freind — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:25:28 +0000

A Jerry Maguire-like treatise for how to resurrect the media’s credibility Famed political strategist James Carville once referred to Pennsylvania as two major cities with Alabama in between. What an insult to Alabama. The folks in the nation’s fifth-largest state — all of them — are the backwards ones, the sad result of [...]

Hey Chris Christie, Get On The Treadmill — You May Be President

Chris Freind — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:18:49 +0000

Don’t Be Surprised If Romney and Gingrich Bow Out At The End About the only job better than weatherman — where you can get it wrong half the time and still remain employed — is political pundit. These guys make an art out of looking dumb, and doing so with authority. In the [...]

Un-settling on Romney

Joe Collins — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:40:09 +0000

I hereby rescind my previous tepid support for Romney. This bit about indexing the minimum wage to inflation is the straw that finally broke this camel’s back. Don’t get me wrong, I acknowledge that he’s the frontrunner. If he’s the nominee, wild horses couldn’t stop me from voting for Romney over Barack Obama. But I [...]

Saccone: Twelve and You’re Out

Fred Mullner — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:48:52 +0000

It is about damn time Rep. Rick Saccone (R-Allegheny/Washington) today announced the introduction of House Bill 2160 that would limit the number of terms any individual could serve in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. [...] If enacted, House Bill 2160 would limit any lawmaker elected to serve in the Pennsylvania General Assembly to a combined total [...]

Gingrich Is Right To Shoot For The Moon

Chris Freind — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:56:55 +0000

Romney, McCain are visionless dream-killers who should be ashamed In May, 1963, the astronaut sitting atop the Mercury-Atlas rocket “went higher, farther, and faster than any other American…for a brief moment, Gordo Cooper became the greatest pilot anyone had ever seen.” So were the ending words of The Right Stuff, an incredibly inspirational film [...]

No Secret Ballot For GOP Endorsement Is Same As Union Card Check

Chris Freind — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:26:49 +0000

The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), commonly known as “Card Check,” is the misnamed legislation promoted by Organized Labor to stop the hemorrhaging within union ranks. (From a high near 40 percent after World War II, union representation in the private sector has plummeted to just 7 percent today). It would make organizing a union [...]

Clueless Casey

Joe Collins — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:27:36 +0000

I think we’ve reached the point where the Democrats’ ideas about how the economy works are well past the point where they deserve serious consideration. I’m moving on to ridicule. Senator Casey wants to know why the refineries are shutting down… Have fun… http://memegenerator.net/Clueless-Casey

Voting to Endorse

Joe Collins — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:05:52 +0000

I don’t expect to convince the haters. Just making my position known. It’s actually pretty straightforward. Have you noticed that the candidates who are most vocal about wanting an open primary have the least chance of winning a general election against Casey, and the candidates who have expressed support for the endorsement process are the [...]

PA Supreme Court Places Turd in Punch Bowl

Fred Mullner — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:21:33 +0000

Our judicial masters have decided that we’re not having an election in Pennsylvania until they like the election we plan to have. PA Supreme Court Invalidates General Assembly Redistricting Map A narrowly divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday invalidated a plan to redraw state House and Senate district lines, calling the redistricting approach “contrary to [...]

Could PA GOP Endorse Obama-Voter for Senate?

Chris Freind — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:53:17 +0000

Endorsing Steve Welch —who voted for Obama — would make the Party a national laughingstock…Republican State Committee: It’s Time For An Open Senate Primary As published in Philadelphia Magazine, Delaware County Daily Times and Newsmax To say the Republican presidential primary has become interesting would be a gross understatement. With three different winners in the [...]