Ed Rendell

Obama's link to '60s radical fuels new attacks

USA Today (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Republican John McCain's campaign spent the weekend trying to tie the Democratic nominee to a 1960s radical. "It's really important ...

Battleground State Debate: Shifting Tone

ABC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Govs. Rendell and Pawlenty, Sens. Martinez and Brown on endgame strategies.

The Sunday Morning Talk Shows - The Reveiw

Mark A. Kilmer (the weblog) (Free subscription) | yesterday

PREFACE: On FOX News Sunday, Claire McCaskill agreed with an Obama commercial which defines John McCain as an unstable, old man, saying that he has been erratic lately. Joe Lieberman, scoffing at Obama’s lead in the polls, pointed out that the Gore/Lieberman ticket had been trailing by 6-points with two-weeks left in 2000 and managed [...]

Sunday Talking Heads: October 5, 2008

Firedoglake (Free subscription) | yesterday

not a more comprehensive listing anywhere on the web!

Sunday Talk - The Stench of Desperation

Daily Kos (Free subscription) | yesterday

My friends, there's a full lineup below...

On 'This Week With George Stephanopoulos' (Oct 5)

SharonCobb (Free subscription) | yesterday

( ABC ) Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D), Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty (R), Florida Senator Mel Martinez (R), and Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown (D). Four key players from critical battleground states join George Stephanopoulos to discuss the latest on the presidential race and economic crisis. Then, on the "Roundtable," Time Magazine's Karen Tumulty, The Nation's Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Wall...

Jack Hidary: LIVE from Bruce Springsteen Obama Concernt - Philadelphia, PA

The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

Thank goodness for global warming - here in Philadelphia it is more than 75 degrees on this October day. We are here with thousands of...

"The Boss" Is Ready To Rock The Parkway

CBS 3 (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

Bruce Springsteen will perform an acoustic set at a rally in Philadelphia Saturday to help the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

At the Springsteen Obama Show

Fables of the reconstruction (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

Bob Casey talked and was ok. Ed Rendell is horsely shouting into the mic right now and killing. They're clearly looking forward to an aggressive legislative agenda.Bruce is up. First song: Promised Land.

Pennsylvania Bans Smoking on All Public Campuses and in Some Private Homes

Faultline USA (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

Last month a very restrictive non-smoking ordinance went into effect in Pennsylvania. The Clean Indoor Air Act, signed into law by Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, went into effect Sept. 11. Restrictive smoking bans have cropped up all over Europe in recent years. Florida, Illinois, Maryland, and New York, also have their own versions of a Clean Indoor Air Act. The Pennsylvania act bans smoking in most...

Sen. Mel Martinez to visit ABC's "This Week"

Orlando Sentinel (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008

Sen. Mel Martinez, the Florida Republican, will be among the guests on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday. Also weighing in on the presidential race will be Gov. Tim Pawlenty, R-Minn.; Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa.; and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. "This...

Like...OMG!!! I Actually Agree With Sarah Palin!!

Hoops and Other Pop Culture (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008

McCain pulled his campaign out of Michigan yesterday to focus on "Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Maine." I think that is a terrible idea. As I have said today, I think Minnesota is a 52-48 or 54-46 loss for McCain. I think Wisconsin is worse, and for Ed Rendell to allow McCain to win Pennsylvania, McCain would have to win 53-47 so that the voter fraud was just too obvious to hide. (Am I saying...

Labor turns on Ed Rendell

THE CENTRIST (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008

Big Labor is turning on Gov. Ed Rendell. Specifically, the Service Employees International Union doesn't like the governor's recent hiring freeze, leaving some 5,000 state jobs vacant. Government jobs has always been the trump card for tax-and-spend liberals like Rendell. Democrats who can't deliver government jobs don't have much else to offer. But the good times are over for Rendell, who has increased...

• Service Employees Union Blasts Rendell Hiring Freeze - Tony Phyrillas

Free speech at risk…

Common Sense and Wonder (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008

Conservatives Should Neither Be Seen Nor Heard By Don Adams, For The Bulletin “… President [Clinton] is coming to town. We want a real good real good reception… We want to drown out demonstrators.” Then-Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell to former Teamsters’ Boss John Morris, Philadelphia, Sept. 1998 “I want you to talk with them whether they are Independent or [...]

Pa. turnpike lease offer expires

Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008

A group led by a Spanish toll road operator has jettisoned its $12.8 billion offer to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the governor's office said.Abertis Infraestructuras SA and Citigroup officials informed Gov. Ed Rendell they chose to let their bid to lease the toll highway for 75 years expire, said Chuck Ardo, a Rendell spokesman.The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Wednesday that the Democratic...

• Consortium's bid to lease Pa. turnpike expires with no deal - Philadelphia Inquirer
• Bid to lease Pa. Turnpike goes down - The Philadelphia Business Journal
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