Bird’s-Eye View

 
Newsroom brew by my side tonight, trying to wrap my mind around Starbucks offering instant coffee. Their brand will be called Via, and at first Colombia (medium) and Italian (dark) roasts will be made available. My take: If you like Maxwell House or Folgers, give Via a try and see what you think. Otherwise, I’ll take […]

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I don’t care what she says, she’s running for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination right now:
Sarah Palin is weighing in on a high-profile Republican primary race, endorsing Texas governor Rick Perry in his 2010 re-election bid over his potential challenger, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
In a fundraising letter sent to “Texas Republican Women” — a constituency […]

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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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