Bird’s-Eye View

Sounds like an episode of the Untouchables, doesn’t it?
Congress has begun debating the $700 billion Wall Street bailout, but the McCain-Palin team wants you to look the other way at a television ad they have up on the airwaves today. It’s called “Chicago Machine”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ0cq4Nytu8

By the way, the federal government is moving on a bailout the […]

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Gov. Ed Rendell held a press conference at Franklin & Marshall College this afternoon on the eve of John McCain and Sarah Palin’s visit. Most of Rendell’s conference was spent attacking Republicans for misleading the American public on Barack Obama’s tax policies, which Rendell is largely accurate. When the conference was opened up to questions […]

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6 p.m. Obama says he’s traveled to 49 of the 50 states. Guess which one he missed:
The one I didn’t travel to is Alaska, which makes me realize I might need to go up there.
5:56 p.m. Obama steps to the podium. And he pronounces “Lancaster” properly.
5:55 p.m. Casey calls McCain a sidekick for “Bush” for […]

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Gov. Ed Rendell told politickerpa.com that yes, he will cast his ballot for Sen. Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Denver next month when her name is called:
“I think Sen. Obama was extremely generous, and I think it’s good not because it will display any disunity, but because it honors the hard work of […]

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Wow. Some visitors to the Nest will remember that sleezy feeling they had to wash off after state officials last year announced gambling revenue would pay $7.5 million for the next 30 years to help build a new $290 million hockey arena in Pittsburgh.
Now, I know this will ruffle some Penguin feathers, but check out what legendary […]

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Hillary Clinton may have campaigned with Barack Obama in a place called Unity, N.H., but there remains some anger/envy/vitriol spewing out from some supporters of Clinton who are not interested in showing a united front with presumptive nominee Obama.
From the Allentown Morning-Call:
”I had hate voice mails and hate e-mails,” said Mary Isenhour, adding that all […]

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Wanna know why Barack Obama isn’t running away with the Pennsylvania election at this point? Afterall, Dems have more than a million voters in their camp than the Republicans and this state last went Republican in 1988. With a slumping economy, threats in the Mideast like Iran the current administration has not solved and an […]

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The Obama campaign released more details about the convention, including information about Casey’s speech during Tuesday of Democratic Convention Week in Denver later this month, and it looks like Gov. Ed Rendell will be in attack-dog mode:
Governors Ted Strickland of Ohio and Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania will discuss how the failed policies of the last eight […]

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American Spectator has a look at the hard road Chris Matthews of NBC has to walk if he wants to unseat U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter in 2010.
I think Matthews’ tallest hurdle is Chris Matthews, and this article’s author, Jeffrey Lord, compares a Matthews campaign to that of Lynn Swann’s gubernatorial effort in 2006 (ironically including […]

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Barack Obama’s wrapping up the world tour. Astounding crowd in Germany and the speech was on target, but now, get home and start battling John McCain on your weakest front: energy policy. Unfortunately, no matter how false or misleading they get, the Republicans appear to have the American public convinced in an over-simplistic formula: More domestic drilling […]

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