Here just outside of the Liacouras Center, I stand with Assistant Dean Joseph McLaughlin, who has presided as adviser over this thesis project since last spring.
Today I graduated from Temple University and, unsurprisingly, he was there to congratulate me.
I turned in my thesis for a grade two weeks ago. Still, though I’ve graduated, I will [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Graduation: closing out my thesis
Posted in Thesis Project on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
How the Republican Party chooses a candidate to support in Philadelphia
Posted in Thesis Project, tagged Michael Meehan, Philadelphia Republican City Committee, Topic on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Meehan is a powerful guy in the city’s Republican Party – for whatever that means. But it occurred to me that that isn’t always explained why.
One doesn’t need Meehan’s permission to run, of course. But this state’s elections, like those in much of the country, expect it. The blessing of the Republican committee comes [...]
Registered Republicans in Philadelphia compared to region
Posted in News, tagged Michael Meehan, Philadelphia Republican City Committee on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I interviewed Michael Meehan, he mentioned that the latest total he saw put registered Republicans in Philadelphia at more than 147,000. He called that the largest county-wide total in the Commonwealth. Methinks he misspoke, easy to do because, I wouldn’t be surprised, for centuries that was true of Philadelphia.
But the past month there was [...]
