election
David Cohen Raised a LOT of Money for Obama Last Year
Jack-of-all trades Comcast exec David L. Cohen and his wife Rhonda were two of Philly’s three biggest Obama fundraisers last year, collecting over $500,000 from […]
Video: In First Post-Election Interview, Mitt Romney Addresses iPhone Pictures of his Mussed Hair
The twice-felled presidential candidate sat down with Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace yesterday, once with his wife, once solo. This is the first time we’ve […]
Philadelphia Weekly Tracks Down the City’s 3 Black Republicans
“They’re here. They’re serious. They’d like to talk,” reads PW’s cover story. And one’s registered as a Democrat, another doesn’t like the state’s voter ID […]
Does New PA Election Bill Really Qualify as “Vote Rigging?”
Last week, 13 Pennsylvania Republican state senators introduced a bill that would change the way the state’s electoral college votes are awarded. (You may have […]
Nate Silver Picks “Argo” for Best Picture
Using the results of previous awards handed out this year, Nate Silver has forecasted this year’s Oscars. In the last two times he did this […]
GOP Needs a Steady Diet of Doughnuts, Water and Tupac
Republicans gathered last month at their winter meeting for a postmortem regarding their defeat last November, and what Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal called their “stupid […]
“Legitimate Rape” Guy Ranked Most Conservative Guy in Washington
Long before he postulated that pregnancies could not be caused by rape, due to the wondrous alchemical way female bodies can “shut that whole thing down,” Congressman […]
Revised U.S. Map Erases Pennsylvania, Makes Philadelphia Its Own State
NYC artist and urban planner Neil Freeman has divided the United States into 50, equally-sized states, each bearing a population of around 6,175,000. Under this formula, […]
Voter ID Won’t Take Effect for Pennsylvania Primary Election
You won’t need your ID this May 21st, for the statewide primary election, as the Corbett administration and the folks suing him reached an agreement […]
Republicans Plan to Use PA to Win the Presidency in 2016
One of the worst-kept secrets of the 2012 general election is that Republicans didn’t really sweep another majority in the House. Yes, the new House […]
Rutgers Professor Wants to Run for President of Iran
No, this isn’t like some former senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School becoming the first black president of the United States. This […]
Political Operatives Mourn as Inventor of Etch-a-Sketch Dies
Yesterday, Andre Cassagnes, the 86-year-old inventor of the Etch-A-Sketch, died in his home outside Paris. Of complications from learning that his invention did not ultimately […]
Presenting “Son of Romney: Will A Romney Runs for Office Again?”
Heeeeeeeere’s Romney! Not the one you’re so sick of, but the one you’re gonna be sick of: Taggggg! Massachusetts has an open Senate seat, vacated […]
Uber-Gerrymandering PA Senator Gets the Colbert Treatment
If you’re a state senator profiled on the Colbert report, you know you’ve gone rogue. Well, Republican State Senator Dominic Pileggi, the guy who wants […]
Watch These 5 YouTube Clips to See Why Joe Biden Can’t Be President
It was a memorable moment at the inauguration when a familiar face said from the stage, “I am proud to be the President of the […]