Entries Tagged as 'Presidential Politics'

Recovery in sight … on the Web

March 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Okay, I’m not done with the work week just yet.
Found my way over to Gov. Ed Rendell’s new Web site that details how the Obama administration’s economic stimulus package will impact Lancaster County. The Web site is www.recovery.pa.gov. Not exactly Hulu or YouTube, but you know, just in case you feel inclined eating breakfast with […]

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Tags: Taxes · Stimulus Package · Lancaster Politics · Economy · Ed Rendell · President Barack Obama

EVENING COFFEE: Playing poker

February 25th, 2009 · No Comments

If I was going to make a difficult sacrifice for Lent, this would be it. I’ve sworn to forsake my beloved lattes for the next 40 days. But, you know, I see this as a good thing because now instead of syrupy goodness I can expand my horizons to the drip coffees.
Time to deal a […]

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Tags: Tom Corbett · Gambling · Stimulus Package · Evening Coffee · Bobby Jindal · State Budget · Education · State Senate · President Barack Obama · Ed Rendell · Arlen Specter · Baseball

Obama and Jindal release excerpts

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Oh snap!
Barry and Bobby are jousting over whose speech will be more optimistic. President Barack Obama delivers his address at 9 p.m. to a joint session of Congress, and the response will be given by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
 
According to Politico.com, Jindal rips into Obama for being pessimistic:
“A few weeks ago, the President warned that […]

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Tags: Bobby Jindal · President Barack Obama

EVENING COFFEE: Reinventing the Republican brand

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

I have a suggestion for you sweet-flavored coffee lovers. Trek on up to Senorita Burrita at 227 Prince St. and order a latte with sugar-free hazelnut syrup. You won’t find a finer tasting sugar-free hazelnut anywhere else.
I’m not going to focus too much on President Barack Obama’s propoganda pitch speech tonight to a joint session of Congress. […]

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Tags: Evening Coffee · R.B. Campbell · Craig Ebersole · Lancaster County Republican Committee · Stimulus Package · Pennsylvania Politics · President Barack Obama · Economy · Republicans · Arlen Specter · John McCain

Just keep J-Rollin’ along

February 19th, 2009 · No Comments

I guess the nostalgia is running a little deep tonight. Last post, I spoke about 2005, and for some reason, I’m having flashbacks to just one year ago. The Pennsylvania press corps sat at the ready. Hillary Clinton looked to save her campaign with a sweep of Texas and Ohio against Barack Obama. That was […]

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Tags: Off Beat · President Barack Obama · Hillary Clinton · Baseball

EVENING COFFEE: The other way to help job creators

February 16th, 2009 · No Comments

How goes it? If by chance you are headed to The Mean Cup in Central Market for a cup of joe tomorrow, I highly recommend their Costa Rican Fair Trade brew. Spill a little sweetener in the cup, let it cool for a few minutes, then let the Latin American liquid mingle with the sweets […]

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Tags: Infrastructure · Stimulus Package · Evening Coffee · Joe Pitts · Roads and Bridges · Economy · Republicans · President Barack Obama

The embattled Senator from Pennsylvania

February 11th, 2009 · No Comments

 
Together we form more friends than Pennsylvania’s senior Senator may have, right now. Republican Arlen Specter was one of three GOP Senators to approve the $838 billion stimulus package, which now lands in a committee of House and Senate leadership charged with drawing up a compromise plan.
I think Specter knows the waters are closing in […]

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Tags: Pennsylvania Politics · Stimulus Package · Evening Coffee · Arlen Specter · Bob Casey Jr. · Democrats · Republicans · President George W. Bush · Rick Santorum

EVENING COFFEE: Java jolt for Obama presser

February 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Cup of Folger’s by my side tonight, all I can think as the caffeine kicks in is this: Someone PLEASE page President Barack Obama’s message man. Or fire the guy and get a new one.
 
About the only thing worse than the economy was listening in on that press conference, and it’s only because I could […]

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Tags: Stimulus Package · Vince Fumo · Evening Coffee · Pennsylvania Politics · Arlen Specter · Ed Rendell · Economy · President Barack Obama

Palin rides into Texas

February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

 
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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Tags: Sarah Palin · Presidential Politics

Playing hard-to-get

January 29th, 2009 · No Comments

From the Slate.com’s political reporter, Christopher Beam, we have an explanation for why 177 Republicans voted against President Obama’s stimulus plan:
In notes jotted down during a Tuesday meeting with Obama, one GOPer noted: “We expect the vast majority of House Republicans to oppose the package tomorrow, but we are optimistic that after the bill passes […]

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Tags: Taxes · Republicans · Economy · President Barack Obama