April 24th, 2008 at 10:20 am
Well, now that the presidential candidates have all gone to their next campaign state there’s a feeling in Philadelphia like after the Fourth of July, you know , the feeling the excitement and fun is all gone and now we have to get back to the grind of daily living. I must say that it was very exciting while it lasted. Candidates arrived at diners with police escorts sirens blaring, you had one of them tossing down shots at a campaign stop and the other grabbing a bite at a local eatery…mind you he only took a couple of bites for the camera and was off again to the next stop on the campaign trail. I think someone grabbed his mostly uneaten meal and its now for sale on eBay. We Philadelphians are VERY enterprising you know. I’m surprised someone didn’t grab Hillary’s shot glass and stick that on eBay. All in all I would rather have a shot and a glass of beer with Hillary than a couple of bites of breakfast with Obama..but so would most of us working class folk I think.
Anyway, Hillary won, congrats to her, they’ve gone on and here we are in Philly still wondering what our pols are going to do about crime and the rest of Philly’s woes. Lets see what happens.
Controlled excitement is building inside of Clinton’s inner circle as closely guarded internal polling shows the former first lady with an 11-point lead in Pennsylvania!
Clinton is polling near to nearly 2 to 1 over Obama in many regions of the state, a top insider explained to the DRUDGE REPORT.
A strong coalition of middle-class and religious voters has all but secured a Clinton victory Tuesday, with headline-making margins, the campaign believes.
“It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of how much,” a senior campaign source said Monday morning.
When pressed if the dramatic internal polling numbers could somehow be flawed in a state as demographically complex as Pennsylvania, and with new voter registration surging to unseen levels, the campaign insider held firm.
“Senator Obama would be wise not to unpack his bags quite yet.”
With less than 24 hours to go until the beginning of the end of primary season voting, Obama has handedly captured Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, but has failed to dominate suburban sprawl, the campaign’s polling reveals.
An 11-point victory in Pennsylvania for Clinton would expand on margins scored in Ohio.
Clinton will quickly move to feverishly focus on Indiana starting Tuesday night, hoping to somehow convince superdelegates that she not only has superior stamina but has crucial swing state appeal.
Barack Obama’s surge in Pennsylvania appears to have stopped after the controversy over his remarks about bitter small town voters clinging to guns and religion, according to a new poll.
But the Quinnipiac University survey, the first taken since coverage of the remarks, also doesn’t show immediate evidence that Obama has been wounded.
The poll showed Hillary Clinton with a 50 percent to 44 percent lead over Obama, the same as a week earlier over Obama, who had been narrowing her lead from single digits.
Obama reinforced his overwhelming support among black voters, while Clinton held a 20-percentage-point edge among white voters, the poll found.
The survey also showed more of the bitterness that many Democrats are worrying about: 26 percent of Clinton supporters said they would vote for presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in November if Obama is the Democratic nominee, while 19 percent of Obama’s backers said they would support McCain if Clinton is the nominee.
The poll of 2,103 likely voters in the April 22 Democratic primary was conducted by telephone from Wednesday through Sunday. The news of Obama’s comments at a fund-raiser in San Francisco broke on Friday night. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.
Most Philadelphians don’t need any special reason to drink beer, but they’re getting many in Philly Beer Week, which actually runs 10 days (March 7th–16th), celebrating the merits of hops, malt and barley with more than 75 brew-driven events and specials throughout the region. Here’s a taste of what’s to come.
On Monday, March 10th, Alison at Blue Bell will offer a four-course menu paired with Yards Beers; think molasses-cured Berkshire pork with date-and-foie-gras stuffing served with Yards General Washington Tavern Porter and a dessert trio of chocolate panna cotta, caramel semi-freddo and nut brittle paired with Yards Love Stout (6:30 PM; $65 per person; 215-641-2660).
Take a tour of eight local bars with seven local brewers – tasting their wares as you go, of course – on Wednesday, March 12th. The action begins at Jose Pistola’s (Iron Hill, Vienna Lager) and then moves on to Good Dog (Dock Street, Satellite Espresso Porter), Misconduct (Flying Fish, Bourbon Abbey Dubbel), Black Sheep (Yards, Thomas Jefferson Tavern Ale), Devil’s Alley (Sly Fox, Seamus Red Ale), Nodding Head (Nodding Head, BPA), Fergie’s (Tröeg’s, Nugget Nectar) and ends at McGillin’s for a bash with all the brewers (6 PM–midnight; $4 pints, pay as you go; no cover for the party; for more info go to www.phillybeerweek.org).
On Sunday, March 16th, Fork throws a special dim-sum brunch, with the likes of snails in black-bean sauce, gaibo (chicken bun) and braised ribs; libations scribe Lew Bryson will be on hand with some of the beer featured in his book Pennsylvania Breweries (noon; $35 per person; 215-625-9425).
I”ll tell you one thing. I always thought Hillary Clinton was tough and I knew she was really smart. but throughout this campaign she has proved to me beyond all doubt that she is VERY , VERY tough and VERY , VERY smart. This is one Commander in Chief I wouldn’t mind putting my trust in. Go Hillary!!!!
With Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama splitting delegates in primaries and caucuses rather evenly, Pennsylvania Democrats will have a major say in choosing their party’s presidential nominee at the primary election April 22. With large cities bookending vast stretches of farmland, Pennsylvania is a microcosm of the nation and faces many of the same difficulties in health care and farming, among other issues, as the rest of the country. It would be the first time the state plays a serious role in presidential nominating since 1976. Back then, peanut farmer-turned-Georgia-governor Jimmy Carter walloped Sen. Henry “Scoop” Jackson here, knocking him out of the presidential nominating race. Republicans are less likely to have a serious say in picking their nominee because Sen. John McCain established a commanding delegate lead over his top challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, in the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses. But the state could clinch the nomination for Mr. McCain.
Looks like both Governor Rendell and Mayor Nutter have come out for Hilary Clinton. Bravo!!!!
What do you think of Barak Obama? Personally I don’t think he has had enough experience to be President…maybe in another 8 years. assuming
he pays his dues in the Senate.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter proves he’s not just a pretty face as he raps at his inaugural ball. He takes the stage and breaks it down old school.
Ok…so Christmas is over, the trees are all out on the curb waiting to be carted away to that mysterious place where Christmas trees get carted off to by the Sanitation Dept. The remnants of New Year revelries lay in garbage bags ready for the dump. Yes folks..all that spells out a new year…2008!
I dunno what this new shiny year will bring but I’m hoping that its better for our city than last year. We do have a little hope. A New Mayor who says he can turn this city around. A New Police Commisioner who says he has some ideas on preventing our soaring crime rate. And on the national level would be Presidential candidates are racing about the country promising everyone everything from better health care services to stricter gun laws…probably all false promises..but we can still hope one of them will deliver.
I’m not expecting a HUGE change..I just don’t think our pols are capable of it..but I do expect SOME change. I swear, if these new pols coming in don’t do anything for our city I will do everything I possibly can to make sure they don’t get elected ever again even if I have to get out on the streets with a bullhorn . We deserve better. We demand better.
So, watch what these new guys do and let them know what you expect and if they fail to deliver create merry HELL. Lets be tough on everything this year. Let 2008 be the year we put a stop to our soaring crime rate so that our kids can stand on a corner waiting for their school bus without having to worry about dodging bullets. Hell, it was safer in Dodge City than it is in Philadelphia!
So Happy New Year new Mr Mayor and new Mr Police Comissioner. DO YOUR JOB AND WE WILL MAYBE HAVE YOU BACK.
