Election 2012: Rick Santorum vs. Arlen Specter
The gloves are off, and former Sens. Arlen Specter and Rick Santorum, former colleagues in Pennsylvania’s delegation of the U.S. Senate, are trading some overdue hits. This morning, Specter spoke with Chuck Todd on MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown about Santorum. When asked the hypothetical question of whether or not he’d support the Pennsylvania Republican...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Rick Santorum, Angry Landlord
Imagine Rick Santorum was your landlord. Seriously imagine that. It’d be all crosses in the hallways, paintings of a white Jesus in the lobby, cameras in the bathrooms, etc. Now know this: a bunch of kids at Penn State don’t have to imagine. He owns five State College buildings, each of which net him between $15,000 and $50,000 per year. And here is the...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Liquor ‘Privatization’ becomes ‘Modernization’
Just as everyone suspected, the state General Assembly is slowly backing off any attempts to privatize the state’s alcohol system in favor of what they’re all calling “modernization.” Which essentially means, “doing our job…better.” Sort of like the (fingers crossed) City Council bill that’d force the Philadelphia Parking Authority to do the...
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Mayor Nutter, DA Williams, Others Unveil Obama ‘Truth Team’
Mayor Michael Nutter and several other local politicians met this afternoon in City Hall to unveil the local arm of President Obama’s “Truth Team,” a national effort meant to promote the president’s achievements in office and fight back against what supporters say are right-wing distortions of his record. “We’re here today to…make sure people...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: PA Dems Attack Rick Santorum for Senate Donations
The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is back attacking presidential candidate Rick Santorum in their campaign emails in order to get you to donate money to Senator Bob Casey. Huh? OK, it’s like this: “He’s back,” reads a new email from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party. “According to the latest polls, Rick Santorum is now the leading Republican...
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2012 Election: In which Donald Trump’s Endorsement Matters [UPDATED]
Proving there’s no longer such thing as humiliation in the modern Republican Party, Donald Trump will be endorsing one of the Republican candidates for president today. And, apparently, it matters. The owner of the saddest casino on Atlantic City’s outskirts is making said endorsement from lavish Las Vegas, Nevada (the site of the next primary), and we’re...
Continue ReadingElection 2012: New Santorum Ad Asks who Likes Bailouts, Big Government, Cap and Trade (Hint: Not Him)
Here’s something: Rush Limbaugh signed off yesterday’s show slamming Mitt Romney for being a moderate, then said Newt Gingrich once debated John Kerry on climate change—and the two agreed on everything. “Nobody is innocent,” he said. “Everybody is guilty of some transgression somewhere against conservatism, except Santorum.” With that in mind,...
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2012 Election: What’s Happening in Today’s Florida Primary?
We’ve been reminding you that today’s the Republican primary in Florida, haven’t we? In case you missed it, here’s what’s happening, and expected to happen: Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s been in the lead for a little less than a week, after suffering a pretty dramatic, double-digit loss in South Carolina. He and his affiliated Super...
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2012 Election: Drudge? Palin? Cain? What Killed Newt?
In a Republican primary that’s become cliché in its weirdness, another candidate has seemingly crashed and burned over the last week. It’s former Speaker Newt Gingrich. And after winning South Carolina by double-digits, it looks like he’s set to lose Florida by a similar margin. It’s hard to tell how, exactly, this happened. But it might come down to...
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