Elections & Public Integrity
Chasing a mirage
Emily Larsen and Joseph Simonson of the Washington Examiner argue that Democrats are trying to revive an electoral coalition that has disappeared. Since Barack Obama’s White House wins in 2008…
Ed Rendell
Governor of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011
Elections & Public Integrity
Fund pans media’s dismissal of voter fraud concerns
John Fund explains at National Review Online why mainstream media outlets fail their audiences when they ignore legitimate concerns about voter fraud. Yes, Donald Trump has muddied the issue of…
Elections & Public Integrity
Trump’s impact on the Democrats
Mollie Hemingway of the Federalist documents several ways in which national Democrats appear to exhibit fear about Donald Trump’s presidential challenge. (1) They Changed Hillary’s Tagline In his acceptance speech…
Elections & Public Integrity
Latest dispatches from the campaign trail, August 21, 2012
• Nine local governments in the Charlotte area impose new restrictions on camping, hoping to prevent Occupy members and other protesters from taking over public space before and during the…
Elections & Public Integrity
With friends like these …
The president’s attempts to trash Republican rival Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital have produced some interesting responses from Obama supporters. The print version of TIME magazine highlights several of…
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PA Gov. Ed Rendell is Right
Gov. Rendell is right. What the heck is wrong with this country? It’s snow for goodness sake. What’s next: cancel golf because of wind or heat? (emphasis is mine) In…
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Election 2010: Governors races
11:52 Final update: John Kasich elected governor of Ohio. I covered him when working in Washington in the 1990s. A very sharp fellow who never let you forget that his…
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PA Gov. Ed Rendell On the Midterm Election
From The Hill comes comments from Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, at a weekend rally prior to appearances by the president and vice president: What’s the best way to…
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High speed rail fantasy
Amtrak announces its vision for East Coast high-speed rail, with Pennsylavania Gov. Ed Rendell declaring it “isn’t a dream, it isn’t a fantasy, it isn’t an illusion.” Funny, that’s exactly…
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George Will on “bailout promiscuity”
Don’t miss this one: WASHINGTON — FDR’s analogies, like his policies, are being recycled. As money gushes from Washington like water from a fire hose, consider how bailout promiscuity is…
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Two Pennsylvanians who see what’s going on!
Today’s Wall Street Journal includes the letter below, written by two residents of Pennsylvania who are responding to one of those “things are just fine here on the Titanic” defenses…
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Barnes dissects possible Obama-Clinton ticket
Fred Barnes’ latest Weekly Standard column explains why presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama should think twice about any plans to name rival Hillary Clinton as his running mate: True,…