Bird’s-Eye View

So you wanna know how Democrat Barack Obama racked up a 10-point victory over Republican John McCain in Pennsylvania? From the Philadelphia Inquirer:
McCain won 49 of the state’s 67 counties. As he had hoped, he swept the guns-and-religion counties - many of them Democratic - outside the Pittsburgh area. In the mountains and in farming […]

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Tomorrow morning, grab your eggs and juice, open up your computer and enjoy the Mobile Nest as we move to Hershey’s Giant Center for the John McCain-Sarah Palin rally. We’ll kick things off at 8:30 a.m. with the rally expected to begin at 9 a.m. Expect I’ll be particularly snarky, maybe even a little grumpy, […]

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In the list of Dave’s Signs of a Troubled Campaign, one item is: Candidate directs disproportionate amount of resources to areas that should support him or her no matter what compared to previous years or weeks.
So how’s this, from CNN.com:
The (Republican National Committee) will be spending more money on television advertising in the next week than […]

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You probably heard by now that Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin are stumping in this area in the coming days. McCain’s in Downingtown tomorrow and Palin at Clipper Magazine Stadium on Saturday morning.
And now, a little Hollywood star power’s comin’ to the Garden Spot. And I thought actors and actresses all supported Democratic presidential […]

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As if the evidence wasn’t clear enough, with two major rallies in the eastern part of the state in the last week, now comes two more events. First is the unsubstantiated rumor as of 8:50 a.m. that Republican Sarah Palin will lead a rally at Clipper Magazine Stadium this Saturday. And now the McCain campaign […]

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Now it’s right-centrist David Brooks of the New York Times.
According to the Huffington Post, Brooks made the following comment during an event with the Atlantic Monthly, comparing Sarah Palin to President Bush:
[Sarah Palin] represents a fatal cancer to the Republican party. When I first started in journalism, I worked at the National Review for Bill […]

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The Boston Globe today unveils an article about how Republican John McCain while in Bethlehem is trying a new approach to win over women voters. As noted in the Intell, women voters are one of if not the key voting bloc in Pennsylvania, so it’s no surprise McCain chose the Keystone to emphasize his new […]

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The Nest is perched in the Lehigh Valley this morning. Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin are dropping in for their first rally in the wake of last night’s debate. We’ll start blogging at 1 p.m. Check back!

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Republicans right now are tossing as much mud as they can at Democrat Barack Obama in hopes something … anything … sticks. And many out there expect Republican John McCain to get rough and tumble during tonight’s debate (Sarah Palin said in Florida the gloves were coming off).
But as NBC’s political director Chuck Todd notes, […]

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