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How Much Worse Will the Democratic Race Get?
Everyone take your coat off. Make yourself comfortable. It's going to be a while before this is over.
Posted 04/23/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Democrats to Presidency: Smell Ya Later!
Hillary wins by ten points in Pennsylvania, propelling herself into the next few weeks of the race.
Posted 04/23/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Hey, What's It Like to Be in Philly Today?
We round up the local news and politics from the center of American politics (at least until tomorrow).
Posted 04/22/08 in Daily Intel : Live From The Sixth Borough
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Old, Indecisive Key to Keystone State Primary
Some groups are simply more important than others, and they are the ones that could decide this primary, and possibly the entire race.
Posted 04/22/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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What the Margin of Victory in Pennsylvania Will Mean
This primary is all about the popular vote. Here are the five main ways it could shake out.
Posted 04/22/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Obama and Clinton Go All Out in Pennsylvania
Barack Obama has taken a negative turn, criticizing Hillary Clinton for her negativity, among other things, and both candidates are debating just how bad John McCain is.
Posted 04/21/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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How Barack Obama Lost the Debate — and Whether It Matters
ABC moderators dredged up old gaffes and shady acquaintances in what sometimes seemed like an attempt to make Obama admit that he hates America.
Posted 04/17/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Democratic Debate Promises Fireworks (and Who Doesn’t Like Those?)
So much is resting on this one debate that it might even be interesting without the aid of a drinking game.
Posted 04/16/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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The Long View: Bittergate’s Lasting Effects
One would assume that insulting a large block of swing voters is not a good thing, but perhaps they've been too busy hunting, praying, and hating immigrants to really care.
Posted 04/15/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Bittergate: Pundits Doubt Obama As Never Before
Meanwhile, Clinton demonstrates her own Everywoman qualities by reminiscing about hunting behind the old barn as a child.
Posted 04/14/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Clinton Staffers Walk the Line Between Pessimism and Genius
Hillary's staffers say it's a miracle that she's not losing in Pennsylvania. Is it defeatist? Or just plain crafty?
Posted 04/09/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Now Obama Supporters Are Just Showing Off
His supporters are planning a display that can only be described as cocky: raising $1 million online in only one minute.
Posted 04/08/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Clinton Now Slipping Even in Pennsylvania
The tone yesterday in Pennsylvania, the long-awaited next stop in the Democratic primary march, was lighthearted: For April Fools' Day, Hillary Clinton jokingly challenged Barack Obama to a winner-take-all bowling match for the nomination, then compared herself to Rocky Balboa ("I never quit," she said at an AFL-CIO event). But contrary to all that, the competition in Pennsylvania is actually getting a lot more serious.
Posted 04/02/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Bob Casey's Endorsement of Barack Obama? Blame It on the Rain
Pennsylvania senator Bob Casey’s endorsement of Barack Obama was unexpected. After all, he'd previously stated he would remain neutral in the race. So why did he change his mind?
Posted 03/28/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Barack Obama's Speech Fails to Unite America ... Over His Speech
Yesterday we compared Barack Obama's Philadelphia address on race in America to Mitt Romney's recent last-ditch speech on faith. But as the New York Times points out, it's really more like JFK's 1960 speech on religion. It came at a time when Democrats, and probably even Republicans, were bored with the current political dialogue and thirsting for some honesty and something new to talk about. Indeed, yesterday and last night, hordes of people were writing and discussing. The overarching question: Will it matter? Will it change the course of Obama's candidacy? Will it change the course of America? A lot of that is up to the press, not the people. But even the editorial boards of The Wall Street Journal, the Times and the New York Post professed not to know what the effects would be.
Posted 03/19/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Chris Smith: Are Voters Ready for Civil Rights Redux?
Senator Barack Obama gave a brave, powerful, important speech yesterday in Philadelphia, but he was forced to deliver it by the greatest crisis of his candidacy: the furor created by the incendiary remarks of his former Chicago pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
Posted 03/19/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Barack Obama's Speech on Race in America Is Honest, Brutal
Barack Obama just finished his big address on race and politics in Philadelphia. This was a big one for him, as he's been forced to address many racially charged issues in the past week because of his friendship and affiliation with the controversial Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Wright is Obama's pastor and officiated his wedding with Michelle Obama. He's also blamed the United States for 9/11, the AIDS virus, and "creating a racist society." In the lull before the Pennsylvania primary on April 22, this has become the main political plotline of the Democratic contest. Today, he addressed these issues and the broader scale of racial tension in America. It was strikingly reminiscent of Mitt Romney's much-touted "Faith in America" address. Beginning with a discussion of the Declaration of Independence and a nod to Obama's mixed heritage, it honestly bared the anger and confusion (and roots thereof) that black and white people still face in America today. Some highlights: • "For as long as I live I will never forget that in no other country on earth is my story even possible," he explained, referencing the slave ancestry in his wife and daughter's heritage. • He exclusively referred to Reverend Wright as his "former pastor." He also conceded that he had heard him sermonize controversial ideas but compared it to the many Americans who have heard similar things from their own priests, rabbis, and religious leaders. He called Wright's opinion "a profoundly distorted view of this country."
Posted 03/18/08 in Daily Intel : Early and Often
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Paul Sorvino Is Full of Crap
A waste-hauling company dumped 60 cubic yards of horse manure onto Paul Sorvino's Pennsylvania driveway after he and his daughter disputed a bill. The feud between Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall ended after Cattrall sent Parker flowers. Suge Knight bit Kevin Connolly's finger during a playful wrestling match after the ESPYs. Steve Martin is marrying Vogue writer Anne Stringfield. An upcoming documentary will allegedly "out" twenty gay Broadway actors and dancers who are trying to cure their homosexuality by attending underground support groups. A resident of Katonah has recorded an anti–Martha Stewart tune on YouTube in response to her effort to trademark the town's name for a line of furniture. CSI star Gary Dourdan assaulted a photographer, broke his camera, and then sped off on a motorcycle outside a West Hollywood club. Spencer Tunick — a.k.a. that guy who takes photos of large crowds of naked people — is planning a shoot in the Swiss Alps to raise awareness for global warming. David Duchovny likes Barry Manilow.
Posted 07/19/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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Senators Like Mike
• When Bloomberg speaks, Washington listens? The mayor is praising senators for killing an amendment — it would have forbidden the feds to share gun data with local police — he recently ripped to shreds. [NYDN] • It looks like we have a mob war on our hands, with a second Mafia-related hit in three days. First a Gambino capo's son was attacked; now an alleged Genovese mobster is found executed. Or is it all just an HBO promo? [NYP] • Remember Wall Street West, a Pennsylvania developer's plan to sell NYC financial firms a kind of giant, high-tech office park as a backup facility? There's one snag: Nobody's biting. [NYT] • The city's slowly getting used to those spindly, War Of the Worlds–like "Sky Watch" surveillance towers. The next question is whether they actually reduce crime. [amNY] • And a Long Island gym teacher was arrested for endangering the welfare of a minor after he duct taped the legs of a student, presumably to teach him some sort of lesson. If we'd known this kind of stuff was actionable, our gym teacher would probably still be in jail. [Newsday]
Posted 06/08/07 in Daily Intel : The Morning Line
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We'll Always Have the Poconos
Pennsylvania developer Larry Simon, already viewed on his side of the Delaware Water Gap as the guy who enticed too many New Yorkers to buy vacation places in the Poconos, now has an even bigger New York–dependent plan. He airlifted twenty prominent Wall Streeters to Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania, yesterday to show them his proposed site for the so-called Penn Regional Business Center — what he envisions as a backup facility for the New York's financial firms in case of a major terrorist attack on Manhattan. So how'd he make his pitch?
Posted 10/11/06 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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