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Pennsylvania no longer on the horizon
Tribune-Review ^ | salena zito

Posted on 03/04/2008 10:08:31 AM PST by Salena Zito

TRIBUNE-REVIEW Pa. no longer on the horizon By: Salena Zito

It's showtime, folks ... part II.

Welcome to a smaller yet more critically important Super Tuesday. Today has become the focus for the Democrats in a political season that has seen the primary contest maps redrawn in a way no pundit could have ever predicted.

In an interview last week, Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean told the Tribune-Review that he never would have predicted that the primary season would have gone on this long. In fact, Dean said he thought it would have been decided before the first Super Tuesday on Feb. 5.

"I initially thought that one of the candidates would run the tables early," Dean said, "or that it was going to be decided shortly after the early states."

Dean said it now looks as though Pennsylvania will be the deciding state.

(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania; US: Rhode Island; US: Texas; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: 2008; barackhusseinobama; barackobama; bush; clinton; cultofobama; election; elections; harrisburg; hillary; husseinobama; mccain; nobama; obama; pennsylvania; philadelphia; pittsburgh; rendell; scranton; tx2008

1 posted on 03/04/2008 10:08:32 AM PST by Salena Zito
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To: Salena Zito

Which way will the dead in Philly vote?


2 posted on 03/04/2008 10:11:14 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Salena Zito

Misleading title.


3 posted on 03/04/2008 10:12:23 AM PST by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: 2banana

I’m betting Dim. I’ve never actually been dead, so it’s just an educated guess, though.


4 posted on 03/04/2008 10:13:47 AM PST by willgolfforfood
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To: Salena Zito

This is a BLOG.

“Editorial” is quite a stretch, don’t you think?

Threads based on blog entries are supposed to be put in “Bloggers & Personal.”

Blogpimping in “News/Current Events” is just an exercise in the most vain self-aggrandizement, wouldn’t you agree?


5 posted on 03/04/2008 10:15:59 AM PST by Petronski (Nice job, Hillary. Now go home and get your shine box.)
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To: 2banana

Unfortunately, the dead may vote a lot more this year since Philly’s murder rate is increasing exponentially.


6 posted on 03/04/2008 10:17:56 AM PST by Slapshot68
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To: Salena Zito
"I initially thought that one of the candidates would run the tables early," Dean said

"But she blew it."

7 posted on 03/04/2008 10:22:07 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Salena Zito

Thanks for the forward look Salena. Keep it coming. ;o)


8 posted on 03/04/2008 10:23:11 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
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To: 2banana
Which way will the dead in Philly vote?


9 posted on 03/04/2008 10:23:33 AM PST by Alex Murphy ("Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?" -- Galatians 4:16)
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To: Petronski; Salena Zito
Salena is a member of the editorial staff of the Tribune-Review. That's a little different than Joe Blow's blog.
10 posted on 03/04/2008 10:23:56 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: Petronski

It’s probably because like me, poster couldn’t figure out how to post in anything but “News/Activism” thanks to the screw-ups this weekend on FR.


11 posted on 03/04/2008 10:23:58 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: SoothingDave

A blog is a blog.


12 posted on 03/04/2008 10:25:09 AM PST by Petronski (Nice job, Hillary. Now go home and get your shine box.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

It’s not screwed up if you know how to use it.

On the right:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/comments

“Bloggers & Personal: Topics | Post”


13 posted on 03/04/2008 10:27:18 AM PST by Petronski (Nice job, Hillary. Now go home and get your shine box.)
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To: Petronski

sorry i offended you. my freerepublic page has not looked the same since this weekend.
i am an editorial columnist for RealClearPolitics, Townhall and the Tribune-Review
i am also a reporter covering the elections from just about every state.
and yes i “blog” but i would argue that my ‘blogs’ are not personal opines, but fact based reporting with interviews to back up what is written
have a groovy primary day


14 posted on 03/04/2008 10:27:25 AM PST by Salena Zito
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To: Salena Zito
I didn't note the reference, but about a week or so ago, I read here that fast Eddy has promised to "deliver Pennsylvania for Hillary"

I live in SW Pa, and even with my Dhi(u)mmy friends ... I can't read their leanings .. other than ... no one seems to know WHICH way to go.

15 posted on 03/04/2008 10:30:24 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Salena Zito

And your shift key does not work either. ;)


16 posted on 03/04/2008 10:31:47 AM PST by WakeUpAndVote (Pork, just bring the hot sauce!)
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To: WakeUpAndVote

yeah i am on my blackberry and i am too old to figure out how to cap something :)


17 posted on 03/04/2008 10:32:44 AM PST by Salena Zito
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To: knarf

not sure what u read, but he did say it in one of my stories last week. quite frankly love him or hate him rendell will probably deliver pa


18 posted on 03/04/2008 10:33:33 AM PST by Salena Zito
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To: ClearCase_guy

Wasn’t that X42?


19 posted on 03/04/2008 10:34:34 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: willgolfforfood
I’m betting Dim. I’ve never actually been dead, so it’s just an educated guess, though.

Which dim though? It's a lot of pressure to put on dead people.

20 posted on 03/04/2008 10:34:47 AM PST by Graybeard58 ( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Petronski

Sorry, that’s BRAND NEW. Some of us know something happened to FR, but don’t know what, and don’t know where to look, and miss it. Sorry we’re not all geniuses who read the minds of webmasters who change things, nor can see all the changes on a page filled with words.

FR IS screwed up and has always been user-unfriendly; “if you know how to use it” proves that point. Never mind brand-new changes that are also user-unfriendly just by dint of not being explained anywhere on a home page.


21 posted on 03/04/2008 10:35:59 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
"But she blew it."

What's Monica got to do with any of this?

22 posted on 03/04/2008 10:36:55 AM PST by Graybeard58 ( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Salena Zito

groovy?


23 posted on 03/04/2008 10:39:39 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Alex Murphy

LOL!


24 posted on 03/04/2008 10:40:22 AM PST by Red in Blue PA (Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
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To: knarf
groovy?

You must not be a cool cat.

25 posted on 03/04/2008 10:40:51 AM PST by Graybeard58 ( Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Can’t find the exit?


26 posted on 03/04/2008 10:41:52 AM PST by Petronski (Nice job, Hillary. Now go home and get your shine box.)
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To: Salena Zito

Dang I was so looking forward to the non stop commercials. lol.


27 posted on 03/04/2008 10:42:02 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: Salena Zito

If you posted it here .. then that’s prolly where I read it.


28 posted on 03/04/2008 10:42:59 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: knarf

it is happy word. funny when i was interviewing karl rove on sunday and used it he laughed and said he used it all the time as well... i figure i will give it a whirl and
re-introduce it to american slang, where it will promptly die :)


29 posted on 03/04/2008 10:43:34 AM PST by Salena Zito
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To: Petronski

Ouch.


30 posted on 03/04/2008 10:43:44 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

thanks for sticking up for the idiots of this world, i was completely confused by how fr has looked since this weekend, i suppose nall of us cannot not be as brilliant as petronski
:)


31 posted on 03/04/2008 10:46:01 AM PST by Salena Zito
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To: Salena Zito

You’re not the only one, and there are still a couple of changes I’m not happy with.


32 posted on 03/04/2008 10:47:33 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Graybeard58
Cool?

Hell, GB .. all I've done all winter is try to stay warm ... I'm the coolest ... the kewlest, and hip, too.

(Wellll ... I was in 1967/68)

33 posted on 03/04/2008 10:49:37 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Salena Zito
quite frankly love him or hate him rendell will probably deliver pa

Yeah. By hook or by crook.

34 posted on 03/04/2008 10:50:31 AM PST by SoothingDave
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To: Salena Zito

Gov. Rendell is a strong Hillary supporter. Obama might have reason to worry about PA. But, then, I don’t know how popular Rendell is in his home state.

Anybody know what impact he might have?


35 posted on 03/04/2008 11:03:19 AM PST by no dems (Political Correctness is Fascism.)
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To: Salena Zito

I give you, my very own: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1980203/posts


36 posted on 03/04/2008 11:05:55 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: no dems

I think he’s not much liked by many. My husband is from central PA (literally) and his mom (a Dem) indicates neither she nor many others are too awed by his governing.


37 posted on 03/04/2008 11:07:02 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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To: Salena Zito
yeah i am on my blackberry and i am too old to figure out how to cap something :)

Press and hold the letter.

38 posted on 03/04/2008 11:07:03 AM PST by Publius Valerius
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To: ClearCase_guy
"I initially thought that one of the candidates would run the tables early," Dean said

"But she blew it."

Was monica driving BJ's SUV?

39 posted on 03/04/2008 11:12:16 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: Salena Zito

I read that headline and MEANT to make a biting comment about disenfranchisement, thank you so very much, and how I will defiantly cast a vote in the primary anyway...and then the first sentence in the story kind of nixed that idea. Odd headline, considering the content.


40 posted on 03/04/2008 11:15:07 AM PST by cake_crumb (I will criticize Obama as much and as often as I want.)
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To: Publius Valerius

doesnt always work, i think i have dropped it way too many times :)


41 posted on 03/04/2008 11:16:28 AM PST by Salena Zito
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To: no dems

he has a huge impact on the elected officals and voters


42 posted on 03/04/2008 11:17:46 AM PST by Salena Zito
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To: Salena Zito

Good bona fides. Glad to have you as a member. I would still point out that the headline is a bit misleading, though.


43 posted on 03/04/2008 11:18:09 AM PST by cake_crumb (I will criticize Obama as much and as often as I want.)
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To: cake_crumb

fair enough :)


44 posted on 03/04/2008 11:23:29 AM PST by Salena Zito
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To: knarf

I also live in PA. The libs will vote what the unions tell them to. Fast Eddie says Hillary. They will vote Hillary.


45 posted on 03/04/2008 11:39:46 AM PST by cake_crumb (I will criticize Obama as much and as often as I want.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Most PA residents are too awed by his governing, but this is Pennsylvania. Most PA voters are like union automatons. They will vote the way their Overseers tell them too.


46 posted on 03/04/2008 11:42:40 AM PST by cake_crumb (I will criticize Obama as much and as often as I want.)
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To: cake_crumb

PA belongs to Hillary. With 63% retired, Hillary wins.


47 posted on 03/04/2008 12:15:20 PM PST by bmwcyle (I am the watchman on the tower sounding the alarm.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean told the Tribune-Review... "I initially thought that one of the candidates would run the tables early," Dean said, "or that it was going to be decided shortly after the early states." Dean said it now looks as though Pennsylvania will be the deciding state.
Hillary and Obama will be on the same ticket, in that order.
48 posted on 03/05/2008 9:29:00 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/______________________Profile updated Saturday, March 1, 2008)
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PA is a CLOSED primary. This is precisely why I am still a Dem. GO Hillary!


49 posted on 03/05/2008 10:43:36 AM PST by PghBaldy (Go Hillary! Vote Hillary! Don't give up!)
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To: 2banana
Which way will the dead in Philly vote?

The way Fast Eddie Rendell wants it to.

For Hillary.

50 posted on 03/05/2008 10:44:49 AM PST by airborne (For ENGLISH, press '1' . For SPANISH, hang up and learn ENGLISH!)
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