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California’s Governor Wants to Race Chris Christie

California Governor Jerry Brown wants to race New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. Christie called the 74-year-old Democrat an “old retread” during his keynote address at […]

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Equality PA Makes Endorsements

Equality Pennsylvania announced its endorsements for the November 2012 election, including that of several openly gay and lesbian candidates in the state – like Brian Sims, the soon-to-be first openly gay legislator in Pennsylvania. He’s running without opposition in the general election.

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Pennsylvania Is No Longer a Swing State

At the beginning of the campaign for the 2012 presidential election, GOP strategists had their eyes on Pennsylvania as a battleground state that could be […]

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Feds Arrest Trenton Mayor Tony Mack

Federal agents have arrested Trenton Mayor Tony Mack as part of a corruption investigation. Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, his brother, Ralphiel, and convicted sex offender […]

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Gay Couple’s Obama Love Bug Pulls Into DNC

Same-sex couple Luke Montgomery and Eduardo Cisneros drove across country to the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte in their Obama Love Bug to help send the message to “Legalize Love,” vote for Obama and support marriage equality.

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Rendell: Grandson ‘Looks Like An Old Chinese Man’

Remember just hours ago, when we told you Ed Rendell might be mulling a political comeback? Maybe those reports were premature: In this soundbite age, […]

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DNC Hosts LGBT Welcome Party

As Charlotte, N.C., heats up in anticipation of Pres. Obama’s speech this week, the Democratic National Convention kicked off with an LGBT welcome party. More […]

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Ronald Reagan Hologram Almost Appeared At GOP Convention

You kids are probably too young to remember Ron Headrest, the Max Headroom-like virtual version of President Ronald Reagan that existed only in Doonesbury cartoons […]

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Ann Romney’s “Real” Marriage

Ann Romney described her marriage to Mitt as a “real marriage.” It has LGBT advocates seeing red – but are they over-reacting?

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WATCH: Rick Santorum at the RNC

Rick Santorum made a speech last night during the first day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, focusing his attention on his opposition to same-sex marriage and women’s rights.

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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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GOP Super PAC Pulls Ad Buy, Might Take PA Off the Table

The Koch group Americans for Prosperity—a massive GOP Super PAC—is reportedly pulling its TV ads in Pennsylvania just as the campaign season ramps up in […]

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The Hall and Oates Super PAC Is No More

The Hall and Oates Fans for America met its quick and PR-y demise this week when the founders of the political group dissolved their baby […]

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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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Former Senator Arlen Specter Is Seriously Ill

Arlen Specter Hospitalized. Friends of Arlen Specter are saying the former senator from Pennsylvania has been hospitalized and is seriously ill. The 82-year-old politician/comedian was […]