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Monday Morning Coffee: Six days and counting.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Today is Monday, June 25, 2012. Counting today, there are six working days to go until the deadline to pass a state budget for the fiscal year that starts at midnight on June 30. When...... -
Does Romney's path to the White House bypass Pennsylvania?
Call Washington BureauThere's been much ado about whether Mitt Romney will make a play for Pennsylvania or simply concede the slightly left leaning - it's a lightish blue hue - battleground state to Barack Obama. The evidence mounted Thursday when DC-based Politico got its...Tags: Mitt Romney, The Huffington Post, Republican Party, Elections, White House
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Nobody likes a loser
For the past year, we've been relentlessly reminded that Republicans didn't especially love their front-running presidential candidate. Mitt Romney wasn't conservative enough, they said. He flip-flopped. He couldn't connect with everyday Americans. He...
Tags: Scott Walker, Government, Republican Party, Democratic Party, CBS Corp.
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If Charles Dickens lived in Pennsylvania …
I actually had ideas for two columns last week about Gov. Tom Corbett. What can I say? He's inspiring. One of them ran Saturday. Here's the other:
Gov. Tom Corbett spooned out a bit of gruel. A single candle by his chair provided the only light in the...Tags: Tom Corbett, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Charles Dickens, Moby Dick (fictional animal), Holidays
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Rendell-Romney in showdown at the Wawa
Former Gov. Ed Rendell will join other luminaries of Pennsylvania Democratic politics Saturday to "welcome" Republican Mitt Romney to a Wawa gas station outside Quakertown. Romney is scheduled to drop by the Wawa as part of a bus tour through six rust...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Eugene DePasquale, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Government
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Former Sen. Mellow illustrates the need to fix campaign financing
Back in the 1970s, a young and elegant state senator from Scranton aligned himself with the rowdy Sen. Henry "Buddy" Cianfrani and other politicians representing the state Capitol's caucus of crooks. In those days, when I worked in Harrisburg, we all...Tags: Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Justice System, Laws, Abusive Behavior, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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Former Gov. Ed Rendell: Why we're wusses.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekIn case you missed it, this ran in The Grown-Up Paper over the weekend. In the final days of December 2010, as he prepared to put a cap on two terms as Pennsylvania's chief executive, then-Gov. Ed Rendell made national...... -
Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein on ‘Face the Nation’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelCarl Bernstein, left, and Bob Woodward in 2005, when the identity of Deep Throat was revealed. Photo credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images To mark the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein will sit for a “Face the... -
Monday Morning Coffee: Tom Corbett's Polling Glass Ceiling.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekNearly 18 months into his first term, Gov. Tom Corbett has hit the political equivalent of a glass ceiling: He’s yet to crack the all-important 50 percent mark in his approval ratings among state voters. And with legislative Republicans set...... -
As budget talks continue, Democrats still waiting for their invite.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekThere's been no shortage of middle-aged and mostly white men spilling out the executive suite during budget negotiations this week. But as the clock ticks down to the June 30 deadline to pass a new spending, one set of mostly...... -
Hundreds rally for public education.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekFrom Clara Ritger: Hundreds of parents, students, teachers -- joined by state lawmakers -- filled the Capitol Wednesday where they called for Gov. Tom Corbett to increase funding for public education. "In hard times we all need to make sacrifices,"...... -
Monday Morning Coffee: Corbett cabinet secretaries reveal outside income.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Monday Morning, Fellow Seekers. Gov. Tom Corbett’s Cabinet secretaries supplemented their state salaries in 2011 with rental properties, investment income and other ventures, according to financial disclosure forms filed with the Pennsylvania...
Jun 25, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 7, 2012
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 12, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 11, 2012
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 15, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 23, 2012
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 4, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 8, 2012
| Orlando Sentinel
Jun 11, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 12, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 13, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
Jun 4, 2012
| Allentown Morning Call
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