Is Rick Santorum Pitting Social Conservatives Against the GOP Itself?
The national Republican Party may be looking to modernize itself, but former Pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum seems to have other ideas. “An alliance of political consultants and unprincipled politicians want to throw social conservatives like you and me out of the Republican Party,” he wrote by email to supporters of Patriot...
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PA Republicans Ripped for Hosting Virginia Governor at Lincoln Dinner
Virginia governor Bob McDonnell was in Pennsylvania on Friday to speak with the local Republican Party for their Lincoln Dinner and plenty of opposition party members had reason to question why that was the case. For one, McDonnell had instituted something in his home state in 2010 called “Confederate History Month,” meant to “understand the sacrifices...
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Republican Electoral Vote Rigging in Pennsylvania Actually Gets Worse
In yet another co-sponsorship memo being circulated in Harrisburg, Republican state House members are calling for Pennsylvania’s electoral college votes to be separated by congressional district — again. The memo, written by State Reps. Robert Godshall (R-Montco) and Seth Grove (R-York) outlines a plan first introduced by State Sen. Dominic Pileggi in...
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City Commissioner Singer Releases Provisional Ballot Report
City Commissioner Stephanie Singer Philadelphia City Commissioner Stephanie Singer recently released a report which attempts to provide details as to why 27 thousand Philadelphians had to cast provisional ballots during this past November election. The report, conducted without the input of City Commissioner Co-chairs Al Schmidt and Anthony Clark, concludes that...
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DAILY GRINDER: Now, Just 50 Philly Divisions Went Zero Percent for Romney
Election Day/Night results showed Republican Mitt Romney received zero votes in 59 Philadelphia divisions in this year’s presidential race. And that was evidence there was a conspiracy at foot, because Philadelphia is the center of the universe for stealing votes. Plus, as one theorist noted, the divisions don’t even exist! (Note: That was not true.)...
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FairVote Takes on Idea to Reform Pennsylvania Voting
Pennsylvania in 2012. Source: Think Progress Earlier this week, Pennsylvania state Sen. Dominic Pileggi of Chester County floated an updated proposal of his 2011 idea to change the way Pennsylvania hands out its electoral college votes during presidential elections. Last year, he suggested votes be allocated by Congressional district (which, if enacted, would...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Councilmen Want Hearings on Potential City Casino
Councilmen Kenyatta Johnson and Jim Kenney want to hold hearings on the potential city-linked casinos. “In a letter sent Wednesday to Deputy Mayor Alan Greenberger, Johnson and Kenney said that while they had not endorsed any application for a casino license, they think the Penn National idea should be explored. Greenberger has questioned the legality of such...
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World to Rep. Mike Turzai: Well “DONE!!!”
You may remember right-wing House Majority leader Rep. Michael Turzai (R-Allegheny) from this summer when, amid the hubbub of Voter ID, a video of him gloating to his cohorts that Voter ID would hand Romney Pennsylvania made the rounds. The gaffe made him the laughingstock of cable news shows for a while. It also made him the laughingstock of the Harrisburg...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Gov. Corbett Thinks GOP Should Not Change Ways
The lede in this CBS story is all you need to know about Gov. Corbett: “Unlike many pundits and even some of his fellow Republicans, Governor Tom Corbett does not believe the GOP must make drastic changes in order to compete in future presidential elections.” Huh? OK, we’ll play along, why not? Well, he says, President Obama began the election season...
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Time for Gov. Corbett to Figure Out the Health-Care Exchange
"Decisions, decisions..." The election is over and it’s time, again, to worry about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Specifically, what our lawsuit-filing governor (and former attorney general) cares to do about the issue. Because like it or not, although the deadline has been extended, President Obama’s re-election combined with...
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