Update: Santorum May Pick up HALF of Michigan Delegates
"...fuck with me. See what happens." As the Santorum Campaign Predicted last night, the unofficial word is that Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney will split Michigan’s delegates, in spite of Romney having won the state 41 percent to 38 percent. As of the time of this blog, 26 Michigan’s delegates have been decided, with each candidate having picked...
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DAILY GRINDER: Santorum Falls to Willard
Hey, a boring white guy won both the Michigan and Arizona primaries last night! This time, it was former Massachusetts governor and noted Wigpiece Mitt Romney, who some say is now all but the nominee. He beat former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum 41-38 in Michigan and destroyed him in Arizona, 47-26. There is now, officially, a Republican candidate who can...
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Election 2012: Where was Santorum when Bush Apologized?
In order to gain favor with the Republican base who baselessly think President Barack Obama began his presidency on an ‘apology tour’ around the world, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum slammed the president this weekend for apologizing over U.S. troops burning the Koran in Afghanistan. “This is unacceptable,” Santorum said on ABC’s “This...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Is Philly 8th Most Corrupt City in U.S.?
Is Philadelphia the eighth most corrupt city in the United States? A new study from researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs thinks so. But like so many finger-pointing “corruption” allegations, it’s complicated. The researchers based their study on public corruption convictions between 1976...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Powder Sent to Sen. Toomey’s Office; Commenters Crack Case
A “Suspicious” white powder (which contained only cornstarch) was sent to Sen. Pat Toomey’s office and first noticed by an intern. Authorities are looking into it, but in the meantime, commenters at the bottom of this article are doing their damndest to figure it out. Very likely, according to them, the powder either came from Toomey himself...
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Election 2012: ‘Santorum’s Satan Warning’
Far be it from me to use the exact same headline as the Drudge Report. But the text above this blog here is exactly what the influential news aggregator is using to scare his readers today. Likely to influence Republican voters, the headline comes as Santorum is surging in the polls and Mitt Romney is looking underneath every crevice to find his mechanical mojo. Drudge...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Rendell Says Papers, Owners to be Separated by ‘Firewall’
Buzz Bissinger hosted Michael Smerconish’s radio show yesterday and featured Ed Rendell to talk about the potential purchase of the Philadelphia Media Network. Rendell said he doesn’t personally have any money to invest in the company and that if he and others owned the PMN, the newsroom would be a “firewall” between reporters and people like himself...
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2012 Election: DNC, Obama Response to Santorum Shows Race Changing
It wasn’t long ago the Democratic National Committee and Obama Campaign were sending out daily emails attacking Mitt Romney’s attacks on them, in between the former Massachusetts governor’s ‘America the Beautiful’ serenades at lowly campaign rallies. But things have changed. New polls show former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum leading all...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Birther Group Will Try to Keep Obama off PA Ballot
There’s a state group looking to get President Barack Obama kicked off the Pennsylvania primary ballot because … sekrit muzlin? … fake berf certifikit? … born in Kenya? … socialist radical? … Probably! But the reason they’re going with is that President Obama’s father was never a naturalized citizen and that makes Barack Obama ineligible for the...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Rick Santorum on a Roll; May be Scaring Obama?
The Obama Campaign is ready to take on Rick Santorum, should the Republican party establishment not be able to stop him from becoming the nominee. Yesterday, the Pennsylvania branch of the president’s campaign team sent an email (in part), asking you, the reader, to personally bash the former Pennsylvania Senator: “Folks across the country are just starting...
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