Bird’s-Eye View

 Saw last week WGAL interviewed U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., and Ron Martin asked if Casey is likely to serve in an Obama administration as a cabinet appointment or in some other capacity. Casey said no.
Smart move.
Casey would be a loyal, hardworking soldier in the Obama cabinet, and having a much higher profile than the […]

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Hillary Clinton’s going to have a Homecoming starting Sunday. She and spouse, former President Bill Clinton, will rally with veep nominee Joe Biden in Scranton on Sunday, then for some events in the Philadelphia area Monday. Details are forthcoming.
‘Bout time.
Update: If this isn’t a clear sign of just how important Pennsylvania is to both candidates […]

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I don’t like declaring “winners” of debates because to do so is to minimize the event. It’s not like points are scored, tallied, a halftime show, then a rush to the final whistle with a last-second shot. In fact, we won’t know who “won” for about a week when the post-debate polls show whether there’s […]

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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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There’s an old saying that the Irish saved civilization. As a decendent of Irish immigrants, I’m rather proud of that. According to some theories, when the Roman empire collapsed under barbarians, it was the Irish - never fully under Roman or barbarian rule - who preserved monastaries and the ability to write books while Europe […]

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Caught this at Politico.com. Apparently, after stumbling through the Katie Couric interview and now facing rising concern among conservatives about her ability to be vice president, Sarah Palin is going back on the airwaves. While in “debate camp” in Arizona, Palin will do a round of interviews on conservative talk radio:
After the debate and talk […]

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Well, not exactly in Lancaster County, but U.S. Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin will campaign in Media, Delaware County, tomorrow evening. The event starts at 5:30 p.m. in front of the Delaware County Courthouse, 201 W. Front St. Doors open at 3 p.m. 
It’s the same town visited by U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice […]

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That would be Lancaster’s Lois Herr, former Democratic congressional candidate and currently executive director of the Lancaster County Democratic Committee. Herr, a former Hillary Clinton supporter, is part of Democrat Barack Obama’s Womens Steering Committee here in Pennsylvania.
Herr and the rest of the committee have an interesting job. Mainly, it’s to help Obama hold onto […]

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