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 [...]
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Registered Republicans in Philadelphia compared to region
Posted in News, tagged Michael Meehan, Philadelphia Republican City Committee on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ed Rendell + Barack Obama = Hillary Clinton
Posted in News on April 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tomorrow Pennsylvania may decide whether the Democratic candidate for President will be Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., or former Philadelphia mayor and current Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell’s choice, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
Rendell has said he’ll support whoever the Democratic candidate is, but it is interesting to see how Rendell has supported Clinton, whose husband was a [...]
John Dougherty to take Vince Fumo’s seat; no Republicans to be found
Posted in News, tagged John Dougherty, Vince Fumo on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Outgoing State Senator Vince Fumo and his likely replacement John Dougherty, notorious (and occasionally in trouble) business manager for Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, are not known to be friends.
Fumo is retiring Nov. 30 after 30 years of service, due, at least in part, to his looming September trial on 139 [...]
Ed Rendell for Hillary
Posted in News, tagged Ed Rendell on April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It came as little surprise when former Philadelphia Mayor and current Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton in her bid for the U.S. Presidency back in January.
But few may have guessed how much time and energy he would devote to her presidency. I can’t help but think how this effects politics in Philadelphia, [...]
Smerconish has a take on those new Democratic Philly suburbs
Posted in News, tagged Michael Smerconish on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Smerconish has lots of opinions.
As posted here last week, Montgomery County, a suburban county just northwest of Philadelphia, now has more registered Democrats than Republicans for the first time since the 1970s.
He has an opinion about that.
Smerconish took issue with the argument that the suburbs going bluer has to do with Democratic Philadelphians moving [...]
Montgomery County goes Democratic
Posted in News, tagged Philadelphia Inquirer on April 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This thesis is about the Republican Party in Philadelphia, but the entire region can teach lessons.
For the first time since 1978, Bucks County, north of the city, has more registered Democrats than Republicans, as reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer today. Montgomery County, too, is a Philadelphia suburb that has seen a rise in Democrats on [...]
It’s always sunny in Philadelphia
Posted in News on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A distraction brought to you from “It’s always Sunny in Philadelphia.”
Holler at City Hall in the background.
Photo courtesy of ATNZone, a blog about TV.
Philadelphia Republicans courting Democrats
Posted in News, tagged Dave Davies, Philadelphia Daily News, Republican City Committee on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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Shame of a City: a Philadelphia mayoral election documentary
Posted in News, tagged John Street, Sam Katz on June 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In 2003, the Philadelphia mayoral contest was set to be of epic proportions.
It was a rematch of now-incumbent Mayor John F. Street and Republican Sam Katz. In 1999, Katz lost by less than 8,000 votes, the closest election in the history of mayoral popular votes in Philadelphia, particularly considering more than 425,000 votes were cast.
Filmmaker [...]
