Bird’s-Eye View

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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In case you missed it, the major engagement between Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell’s administration and the Senate Republican Caucus over insuring the uninsured goes to the latter:
The prospect of expanding subsidized health coverage to thousands of uninsured Pennsylvanians before the end of the year died Wednesday, as Gov. Ed Rendell and Senate Republicans failed to […]

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If you’re Republican John McCain, Tuesday is the kind of day your campaign needs. You’re slipping farther behind your opponent, Democrat Barack Obama, in critical swing states like Pennsylvania and (GASP!) traditionally-Republican Virginia; a majority of voters want a new manager of the economy in the White House rather than someone from the current president’s […]

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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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Well we’re living here in Allentown
And they’re closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem they’re killing time
Filling out forms
Standing in line.
-Billy Joel
Allentown
The way the McCain campaign sees it, the key to victory in the Keystone State is to sway blue-collar voters away from the Democratic Party. Those voters like a tough, patriotic, not-afraid-of-a-fight candidate, which […]

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The Dow Jones finished 300 points down today, hitting a four-year low. Credit markets are frozen, which means businesses can’t get a loan. Europe’s facing its own financial crisis.
What does the McCain campaign want to talk about? A comment Democrat Barack Obama made more than a year ago about Afghanistan, words that U.S. Rep. Joe […]

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When you’re losing to your opponent among voters who think the economy is the top issue - and that’s the overwhelming majority of people - you need to outflank your opponent on another front.
For Republican John McCain, who is slipping farther and farther behind Democrat Barack Obama with those voters focused on the economy, he […]

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First, a hilarious observation.
For a little election nostagia, drive west on Buchanan Avenue in Lancaster city and look for a white sign to the right. It’s no illusion. It says “Vote Nixon/Agnew.”
And the top song of 1968, when Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew joined Richard Nixon at the top of the Republican ticket? Press play below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXG83p2nkHw

Na naaa […]

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Politico.com says John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, ceding the industrial state that’s struggled in an post-industrial world to Barack Obama.
In politics, I like to say it’s as much about what they don’t say as it is about what they do say. I’ll show you what I mean. From Politico.com:
McCain will go off TV […]

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First, a “what’s up” to the Elizabethtown College non-fiction class I spoke to this afternoon. Welcome fellow Blue Jays to The Nest.
Can’t resist a plug for the alma mater.
Second, let’s go over a few things to watch for in tonight’s debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, our veep nominees.
How much Biden talks about Palin
Not […]

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