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Chris Christie Wants You to Know He’d Be a Really Great President

Going into his keynote speech Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention, the conventional wisdom was that Chris Christie’s job was to help introduce Mitt […]

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Chris Christie Wants You to Know He’d Be a Really Great President

Going into his keynote speech Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention, the conventional wisdom was that Chris Christie’s job was to help introduce Mitt […]

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How Long Before Raping Women Is Pretty Much OK Again?

This is it, folks. This might be the last straw, the moment where I actually give up on the hyperbole and start—as a Facebook friend […]

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New Book Says Obama Is a Threat to the Main Line

Do you live in South Jersey, Delaware County, the Main Line or elsewhere in Philadelphia suburbia? Enjoy it while you can, because your way of […]

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Chris Matthews Pulled a Jon Stewart on GOP’s Reince Priebus

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews interviewed GOP chair Reince Priebus at the Republican National Convention on Monday morning. Typically, interviews like that one stick to a certain […]

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How to Get a Voter ID

A step-by-step guide to how to get a voter ID in Pennsylvania to be able to vote in the November election.

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Chris Christie Wouldn’t Resign as Governor Because He Didn’t Think Romney Could Win Election

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie reportedly wouldn’t resign from his post in the Garden State to take a potential spot on Mitt Romney’s presidential ticket. […]

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Mayor Nutter to Speak at Democratic National Convention

The Democratic National Convention Committee has announced an additional set of speakers that will address the party at the DNC in Charlotte after Labor Day. […]

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Mitt Romney’s Mighty Member

Say, have you heard about Mitt Romney’s penis? No, really. Mitt’s Member is all the rage this week. It’s been prodigiously productive. The Republican candidate […]

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Who Is Barack Obama Wearing?

Earlier this week, President Obama’s deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter defended Obama’s interviews with Entertainment Tonight, People, and local media outlets, stating that they are […]

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Mitt Romney Denied NBC Interview for Show on Mormonism

On Thursday, NBC’s Rock Center will air an episode dedicated to the Mormon faith. NBC News had originally been denied an interview with Mitt Romney. […]

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President Obama Beating Mitt Romney in Philly Fundraising

President Barack Obama has accumulated more money for his campaign in the Philadelphia region than Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Romney had a $752,000 lead […]

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Hanging Chads, Absentee Ballots and the Rise of the Voting Wars

In his new book, The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown, University of California election law scholar Richard L. Hasen traces […]

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Women of America, It’s Time to Cry “Rape”

I’ve had cause to get polemical on the GOP before. Hell, if we’re being honest, I’ve had cause to get polemical on the GOP since […]

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Chris Christie Going to Democratic Convention?

Larry Mendte interviewed Reince Priebus, the national chair of the Republican party, on his IQ 106.9 radio show on Wednesday about Vice President Joe Biden’s […]