election
How Mac-n-Cheese and Water Ice Caused a Small Voting War in Southwest Philly
Low turnout. That was the story during election day. In his concession speech last night at the Sidecar Cafe, losing City Controller candidate Brett Mandel […]
New Data Says Pennsylvania Might Be GOP’s Best Hope in 2016
On the eve of the presidential election, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan used a large rally in Bucks County, among other political ephemera, as […]
Penn Student In Hot Water After Leaking Video of Conservative Pundit
On Monday April 22nd, conservative pollster and talking head Frank Luntz gave a speech at Penn (he’s class of ’83). At one point he requested […]
Kid Tweets Bomb Threat at Santorum During Michigan Speech
Ah, the perils of the paid-gig speaking tour. Talking to a high school in Grosse Point, Michigan–Romney territory–Santorum received an apparently empty bomb threat via […]
Public Service Announcement: A Deadline You Forgot About
Dear folks: Some good news and some bad news. The bad news: Today is the very last day for you to register to vote in […]
Tax Day Is Now Dick Morris Day as Failed Fox Pundit Makes WPHT Debut
Today, dearly departing for satellite radio Michael Smerconish has officially been succeeded by Dick Morris, the fired Fox News pundit who should be forever remembered […]
Prediction: Chelsea Clinton Will Run for President in 2024
We are witnessing both the longest political dynasties and longest political rivalry in American history. There has been either a Bush or Clinton as president, […]
With Friends Like Ben Carson, the GOP Doesn’t Need Enemies
In the months (and years) before a U.S. presidential election it’s not uncommon for voters from both parties to flirt with a variety of unorthodox […]
Gingrich and Santorum Nearly Formed “Unity Ticket” to Beat Romney
If not for a couple of massive egos, Mitt Romney may never have been the GOP nominee. Josh Green reports that last February, during the […]
Bob Casey Tells Harrisburg to Stop Messing Around with Electoral College
Senator Bob Casey Jr. has furrowed his bushy eyebrows over Harrisburg, condemning a Republican plan to change the allocation of the state’s electoral votes in […]
WPHT Fills Its Afternoons With Dick
Consider this: Dick Morris—the man who will replace Michael Smerconish as WPHT’s weekday afternoon host—is such a huge hack and has so little regard for […]
2013 CPAC Isn’t All Tea Party and Sarah Palin
For the next three days, conservative pundits, patrons and politicians will be gathered outside Washington D.C. for their first major powwow since Mitt Romney lost […]
Failed Fox Pundit Dick Morris Replacing Smerconish at Talk Radio 1210
Dick Morris predicted Romney would win in a “landslide,” winning 325 electoral votes. (He won 206.) He was named “Worst Pundit of 2012” by PunditTracker, […]
8 Reasons Jeb Bush Can’t Be President
The joke has been made many times over the years that if Jeb Bush’s name were Jeb Jones, he might have been a much more […]
Philly Native Behind the Obama Tech Squad that Whupped Romney
Germantown native and deputy chief technology officer for Barack Obama’s campaign dished on the POTUS’s web strategy at Callowhill’s VentureF0rth tech incubator. Among the revelations: […]