The non-profit Corporation for Civic Documentaries is producing a film on former Senator Harris Wofford. We just released a teaser trailer. It has interviews with Senator Kennedy, former Senator Santorum, and General Colin Powell, in addition to Sen. Wofford himself. The full documentary also has interviews with Governor Rendell, Sen. Casey, Paul Begala, Ted Sorensen, and many others.
Watch the trailer at: http://www.civicdocumentaries.org/Portrait_of_a_Ci…
Rest assured, Philadelphia. Come Election Day, there will be street money.According to U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, the local Democratic Party chairman, Sen. Barack Obama’s general-election presidential campaign in Philadelphia will be run different from his primary operation, which relied more on volunteers than on Democratic ward leaders and did not provide street money on Election Day.
“We’re not going to pay for votes or pay for turnout,” Obama said before the Pennsylvania primary.
But Brady said that the campaign has promised street money to pump up turnout in November. And now that Obama is the official nominee, his campaign will team up with the city’s Democratic ward leaders, who traditionally help get out votes. read more »
Barack Obama’s campaign has spent millions on advertising in Pennsylvania and set up offices throughout the state. But largely absent so far has been the Democratic presidential candidate himself.Since wrapping up the nomination in early June, Obama has campaigned in the state just twice — in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in June.
That compares with a half-dozen stops by GOP rival John McCain in the past two months. The Arizona senator made his latest appearance Monday at a label manufacturer in Montgomery County and is scheduled to return next week.
Where has the Illinois senator been? read more »
Since the end of the primaries, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have run more television commercials in Philadelphia than in any other media market in the country.And they have spent more money on ads in Pennsylvania than in any other state.
Those findings, which underline the area’s importance in the election, come from the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project, which monitors political advertising in conjunction with TNS Media Intelligence/CMAG.
Commercials for the two major-party presidential candidates appeared 3,311 times on Philadelphia television from June 3 to last Saturday. Next on the list was Detroit at 2,870, followed by Cleveland; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Cincinnati; and Harrisburg. read more »
In Pennsylvania, Democrat Barack Obama has opened up a big, early lead over Republican John McCain – in the number of local offices.Obama has 24, McCain has three, not counting an additional seven that serve all Republican candidates.
Whether this gap ultimately makes any difference as to who wins Pennsylvania’s 21 electoral votes Nov. 4 remains to be seen.
But Obama’s strategists say the offices are part of a highly structured, volunteer-heavy plan to help carry a state that is must-win for Obama and high on McCain’s wish list.
In a conference call with reporters yesterday, Craig Schirmer, who is running Obama’s Pennsylvania campaign, laid out a plan to create more than 700 neighborhood teams to cover the state. read more »
A busy week campaigning across the 5th district: read more »
A Reading school board member says he doesn’t think it was legal for the district to waive fees associated with a Barack Obama rally at the high school.William F. Cinfici says waiving the fees associated with the April rally represents an in-kind donation to the Democrat’s campaign. He says that’s illegal and unfair to taxpayers. read more »
Cross posted at myDD.
CQ Politics is reporting on the Democratic leadership's desire for a second package to strengthen the economy that largely lines up with Barack Obama's plans. But are Congressional Dems omitting aid to state governments, one of the key planks of Obama's plan? read more »
Doesn’t this guy have any fresh content?
Picking up where Barack Obama’s Democratic rival left off, Republican John McCain sought Wednesday to cast the Illinois senator as out of touch with ordinary Americans.McCain made the claim during his first general election campaign stop in Pennsylvania and promised to return often, reminding state voters again and again of Obama’s remarks about ‘‘bitter’‘ Pennsylvanians.
‘‘We are going to travel all over the state of Pennsylvania, and we are going to go to the small towns in Pennsylvania and I am going to tell them I don’t agree with Sen. Obama that they cling to their religion and the Constitution because they are bitter,’‘ McCain said. read more »
I know nothing about psychology other than what I have learned on the Internet (“Are you ADHD? Click here!”), one college course and my friendship with a learned buddy who actually has a PhD in the subject.
So clearly I am in no position to judge exactly what is going on with this bizarre cohort of Hillary supporters who seem hell-bent on cutting off their noses to spite our nation, as if the lack of a Nader campaign has left them without something to screw up.
I’m talking about the “I won’t vote for Obama because he said nasty things about Hillary and he didn’t play fair” crowd. But while I can’t identify the specific pathology involved here, I feel fairly secure in saying that it’s totally nuts! And maybe it’s nothing more than “I’m taking my football and going home.” read more »
Unity was the buzzword among Democrats yesterday, and no more so than in Pennsylvania, where almost all the big power brokers – and many of the smaller ones – had until now thrown their support behind Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.But with Sen. Barack Obama the presumptive Democratic nominee, top state Democrats yesterday were left figuring out how to best position the Illinois lawmaker for victory in their swing state, which carries 21 electoral votes.
“Any time, any place, anywhere under any set of circumstances that I can be helpful, that’s where I’m going to be,” Mayor Nutter said yesterday. “I’ll campaign with him here in Philly or in the suburbs or anywhere else they would like.”
“I’m a Democrat,” he added. “I’m supporting the Democratic nominee.” read more »
...once again ignoring the glass house rule, Pennsylvania GOP chairman Rob Gleason throws a rock at Barack Obama, saying the Democratic presidential candidate is wrong and incredibly foolish for being willing to meet with leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea.
Arlen Specter agrees with Barack Obama on meeting with the heads of Syria, Iran Venezuela and other countries hostile to the U.S. read more »
It is really a shame, I was looking forward to a little revival. Maybe he can reschedule the event for a later date.
Barack Obama’s brash former pastor has withdrawn from two scheduled appearances in Philadelphia.The Rev. Jeremiah Wright was scheduled to lead a revival May 28 and 29 at St. Thomas African Episcopal Church. And he was scheduled to preach June 1 at the 100th anniversary celebration of Canaan Baptist Church.
Wright often preaches in his native Philadelphia. But both churches said Monday he has withdrawn from next week’s events. read more »
Gov. Ed Rendell — one of Hillary Clinton’s most vocal supporters — told CNN on Wednesday that Barack Obama should choose Clinton as his running mate if Obama becomes the Democratic nominee for president.Obama would need a running mate who appeals to working-class voters and in swing states, and “there’s no question in my mind they should ask Hillary Clinton to be that candidate,” he said.
“I don’t know whether she would accept. I don’t know whether he would do it. But don’t settle for someone, a Clinton supporter. You’ve got the real thing, someone who has energized voters,” said Rendell, who has been mentioned as a possible running mate for either Clinton or Obama. read more »
Many people have made very compelling arguments for why Senator Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race for the Presidency. They say it is divisive to the Democratic Party. They say she can’t win. They say that any supervoters that support her are usurping “the will of the people.”
I look at the situation from a different perspective; although I admit to some bias. I am an elected Alternate Delegate, committed to Hillary Clinton. The role of the alternate is rather like an understudy in a Broadway production, just waiting for someone to die or at least eat some bad egg salad. I have also volunteered many hours to help her win in Pennsylvania. read more »
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