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Leave your predictions in the comment thread for the mayor’s race, Pittsburgh council races, or any of your favorites.  Winner gets bragging rights.  Trash talking is only allowed if you make a prediction yourself. Have fun…
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Over at p2pac, the Progress Pittsburgh Political Action Committee has announced their endorsement of four candidates for the 2009 Primary cycle. From their announcement: P2PAC develops, supports, and helps to elect candidates who demonstrate vision, progressive values, and electability…  These endorsements represent four races where a group of dedicated citizens can make a MAJOR impact on the...
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This series is written by Jennifer Rapach, a delegate representing PA-4 Wednesday Redux   There’s a couple of things I wanted to mention about Wednesday.  First, there was a really great video about veterans they showed.  It was very emotional, and there was not a dry eye in the house by the end of it.  You can...
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This series is written by Jennifer Rapach, a delegate representing PA-4 I got prime real estate on the floor of the convention right behind where CNN was broadcasting.  I was between Wolf Blitzer and Anderson Cooper.  I couple of people texted me and said they saw me.
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This series is written by Jennifer Rapach, a delegate representing PA-4 Ok, Dad – I got a liberal commie to sign your birthday card.    
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This series is written by Jennifer Rapach, a delegate representing PA-4. Now do you see why I adore Brian Schweitzer?  Wasn’t he just awesome?  He is a damn good governor, who is down-to-earth, very entertaining and can work up a crowd.  The guy has done remarkable things for Montana, and has something like a 70%...
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This series is written by Jennifer Rapach, a delegate representing PA-4.  So yesterday started with our PA delegation breakfast.  Several big wigs spoke, including Governor Rendell, Senator Casey, and Brian Schweitzer, the Governor of Montana.  I’ve heard him speak before, and I adore him.  I was actually hoping he would be on the VP short...
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The news is a few days old, but Tim Murphy, who represents Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District, is one of 14 Republican members of Congress refusing to endorse John McCain.  Maybe he’s hoping that we will forget his unwavering support for the George Bush agenda and for John McCain’s 100-year war. Remember this oldie from Tim Murphy? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwh-OCFCOTc Murphy’s opponent in...
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Just saw that McCain is running this ad on NBC as Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final is starting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI4mNspYdCA McCain will be trying to seperate himself from Bush in Western PA as in a lot of other places around the country.  In the meantime, MoveOn.org will be reminding people how remarkably similar McCain and...
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PA is left with four remaining undeclared superdelegates:  Reps. Mike Doyle and Jason Altmire of Southwest PA, Rep. Tim Holden of Harrisburg, and Rep. Bob Brady of Philadelphia.  As of today, Obama needs 61 more delegates to secure the nomination (though it is likely that after the Rules Committee meetings on May 31, that number will go...
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A few months ago, Mr. Super reminded us that “There are no undecided superdelegates–just undeclared ones.”  In otherwords, superdelegates–like most of the rest of us–have an idea who they personally support, but want to wait for the most opportune time to declare that support (or maybe they are hoping that they won’t have to...
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Two results that people seemed to be surprised about is that Obama won by so much in Pittsburgh (58%-41%) and that Obama did not win by more in Philadelphia (65%-35%). Here’s a comparison of the two cities by census data (2006 estimates).  (Note that this is not necessarily representative of the registered Democratic electorate, but...
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On Mach 14, I looked at what Obama and Clinton each needed to get out of Election Day in Pennsylvania:  must-win by a large margin.  Obama currently leads Clinton by somewhere between 100 and 150 delegates and he leads in popular vote by over 800,000.  Pennsylvania is the last great chance for Clinton, but in order...
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 Click Here to skip to the estimated delegate count.  Most recent comments are at the top. 4/23, 9:58- In the cool reflection of the morning, I see that I made one BIG goof.  I focused so much on the district-level results, that I royally screwed up the statewide split.  That’s only 30-25 in Clinton’s favor,...
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Barack Obama spoke in front of a crowd of over 12,000 this evening at the Peterson Events Center on the University of Pittsburgh’s campus.  The crowd was excited and on its feet for most of the night.  More pictures below the jump.
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