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Pennsylvania Is a Swing State Again?

A new poll from Siena Research Institute indicates that the Keystone State is once again up for grabs in the upcoming presidential election. Based on […]

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Candy Crowley, a Giant Gong and a Shirtless Bodybuilder: Let’s Make Debate Magic

With Obama-Romney II exactly one week away, it is time to address the most frustrating aspect of presidential debates: gutless moderators. I like Jim Lehrer. […]

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Last Chance to Register to Vote

Tuesday, October 9th is the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming November election. If you haven’t registered, you can traipse down to your […]

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Buzz Bissinger Says He’s Voting for Mitt Romney

Buzz Bissinger—author of Friday Night Lights and one-time Inky columnist—has decided that he’s going to vote for Mitt Romney in the upcoming presidential election. A […]

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Romney Got Five-Point Bump From Debate

The latest Gallup poll looks to quantify Mitt Romney’s “victory” in the first presidential debate. Heading into the debate, President Obama held a five-point lead […]

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What I Learned During the Bill O’Reilly/Jon Stewart Debate

Toward the middle of Bill O’Reilly and Jon Stewart’s “Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium” on Saturday, O’Reilly dropped a surprising truth bomb on an already […]

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The Great Mitt Romney T-Shirt Brouhaha of 2012: What Went Wrong

There’s something about a presidential election that turns ordinarily sane, mature adults into name-calling adolescents straight out of Mean Girls. So it’s not a surprise […]

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Chris Christie’s “I Told Ya So” Tour Heads to Ohio

Heading into Wednesday’s debate, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie couldn’t find a megaphone loud enough to properly inform the nation of his prediction that Mitt […]

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2012 Presidential Debates: Romney 1, Obama 0

There are lots of ways I can imagine spending my 20th wedding anniversary; getting my ass handed to me by my nemesis in front of […]

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Ed Rendell Says Obama Tried to Run the “Four Corners Offense”

Former Governor Ed Rendell was on Talk Radio 1210 with Chris Stigall on Thursday morning to discuss the first presidential debate. Rendell—like most of the […]

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VIDEO: Chris Matthews Melts Down Over Obama’s Debate Performance

Ah, Chris Matthews. The La Salle College High School grad was rather perturbed with Barack Obama over the President’s performance in Wednesday night’s debate. In […]

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Hey Mom and Dad, Thanks for All the Pot

The first time my dad caught me smoking pot, I was mortified. A college sophomore at the time, I had just sparked a pipe out […]

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Ryan Lets it All Hang Out

Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate, vowed to turn back LGBT rights during an interview with Focus on the Family, a group that the Southern Poverty Law Center classifies as a hate group.

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Philly Teacher Ridicules Student Over Romney/Ryan Shirt

Big Bird and Body Language Steer Debate Reaction. The soundbite everybody’s talking about from the first presidential debate came when Mitt Romney mentioned his fondness […]

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Our Presidential Candidates Should Debate as Fearlessly as the French

Any time we look to France for anything, we’re in trouble. But that’s exactly what we should do for our presidential debates. In France, candidates […]