Barack Obama Wins Pennsylvania

Voters in Pennsylvania on Tuesday cast their ballots for Barack Obama, giving the president the state's 20 electoral votes.

Mutliple media outlets are calling President Barack Obama the projected winner of Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for Barack Obama, and since the 1990s, has voted for the overall winner of the presidential race three out of five times. Former Gov. Mitt Romney and Obama campaigned aggressively in Pennsylvania. The state has typically been a Democratic stronghold in recent presidential elections.  Romney spent part of Election Day in Pittsburgh and visited Bucks County on Sunday, drawing 25,000 supporters. On Monday, former President Bill Clinton was in the Philadelphia suburbs and Romney surrogates, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, swept through eastern Pennsylvania, …

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5:58 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012

Amen....I am going to try to be more civil in my tone going forward as well.   more ›

Presidential Election

Rudy Giuliani and Jon Voight Will Campaign for Romney in Bethlehem Today

A last-minute campaign sweep across eastern Pennsylvania by two high-profile GOP members will include a stop in Bethlehem Monday afternoon.

  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight will campaign for Gov. Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania on Monday, including a stop at the Lehigh Valley Victory Office in Westgate Mall, Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem. The GOP surrogates are scheduled to be there at 4:15 p.m. following a campaign appearance in Conshohocken at 2:30 p.m. Monday. The event is free and open to the public. Giuliani and Voigt will be joined by former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman and former Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich.  Gov. Mitt Romney campaigned in Bucks County Sunday and former President Bill Clinton is in Philadelphia today.

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Romney Will Campaign in Bucks County Sunday Nov. 4

The Morning Call reported Thursday night that Mitt Romney is planning a visit to the Lower Makefield farm on Sunday.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will visit Bucks County just two days before Election Day, the Morning Call reported Thursday night. Reporter Colby Itkowitz of the Morning Call's Washington, D.C. bureau wrote the visit is "the strongest evidence yet of Romney making a last-second play for the state." "Until now, Romney largely has ignored Pennsylvania and its 20 electoral college votes on the belief that the Democrat-leaning state could not be swayed. Fresh polls have shown the race tightening," Itkowitz reported. As of Thursday night, the Real Clear Politics polling average had President Barack Obama leading Romney 49 to 44 in Pennsylvania. Click here to view the full story from the Morning Call. Romney's running mate, …

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Romney 'Coal' Ad Will Start Airing in Pa.

Gov. Mitt Romney is making a last-minute play to win Pennsylvania with TV ads focusing on the coal industry

TV viewers in Pennsylvania will soon start seeing a commercial from Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign targeting President Obama's stand on coal, according to a PoliticsPa report. Recent weeks have brought speculation as to whether Romney would make a last-minute push in Pennsylvania after Obama's poll numbers dipped in the wake of the first presidential debate. Obama held a strong lead in the Keystone State prior to the first debate and neither candidate has been spending money on the airwaves here.

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Patrick Gorman

7:32 am on Saturday, November 3, 2012

Romney has set a new low in dishonesty. He has demonstrated repeatedly that he will say ANYTHING to get elected. He will tell people whatever he thinks they want to hear. The unfortunate thing is that so many misguided people are willing to believe his lies. It's a sad time for our country when someone so phony can fool so many voters. Wake up people!   more ›

What Do Latest Pa. Obama-Romney Polls Say?

Three polls out Tuesday show Obama with better numbers in Pennsylvania than he had a week ago

Is Pennsylvania safely won for President Barack Obama or will Governor Mitt Romney mount a last-minute campaign effort in the Keystone State? Obama had what appeared to be a solid lead in Pennsylvania until the first presidential debate. Neither candidate has spent much money on the local airwaves. Three polls out Tuesday show Obama with better numbers than he had a week ago.

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Abraham

1:14 pm on Sunday, November 4, 2012

Jack, Jack, Jack... "Romney won't waste time blaming his predecessor..." Romney and his Super PAC friends have built their entire campaign on blaming Obama. Spent lots of time yesterday flipping between Fox and MSNBC watching the various appearances by the candidates. Obama's closing argument is 75-80% "here's what I've done and here's what I plan to do." Romney's speeches are 90% gloom and doom…   more ›

Politically Uncorrected

Opinion: A Closer Look at Candidate Romney

At times, it has seemed that Mitt Romney has single-handedly kept Barack Obama in a race the incumbent should have lost long ago.

By G. Terry Madonna & Michael L. Young Mitt Romney is not a great candidate! This, of course, is no news bulletin. In fact, Romney’s ineptness is a topic that now dominates the political dialogue during the waning days of the 2012 presidential campaign. He has consistently underwhelmed most observers with his political skills. The national media now recount his many gaffes, miscues, mistakes and missed opportunities almost daily. Indeed, Republican loyalists and establishment conservatives have leveled as harsh or harsher criticism toward him than his opponents on the left. At times, it has seemed that Romney has single-handedly kept Obama in a race the incumbent should have lost long ago. In addition, his campaign organization seems to be…

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Lower Saucon Guy

10:46 am on Monday, October 1, 2012

@Louis. You must be very familiar with the Hitler tactic. You use it constantly. You keep spewing your lies, delusions and hatred in every comment you make. Your credibility went in the dumper a long time ago. Don't flatter yourself by saying, you just don't want to hear the truth, you wouldn't know the truth if it came up and smacked you in the face.   more ›

Did Mitt Romney's 'Victim' Remarks Offend You?

Gov. Romney is taking heat for his remarks about 47% of Americans being hopeless losers dependent on government.

The latest uproar in the 2012 presidential race is over Gov. Mitt Romney's remarks that 47 percent of Americans don't pay federal income tax and are dependent on government. What do you think about the controversy? Tell us in the comments section below. Romney's remarks were secretly videotaped at the Florida home of 76ers co-owner Marc Leder in May. Romney is not apologizing. The controversial statements include the following: "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right -- there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent on government, who believe that, that they are victims, who believe that government has the responsibility to care for them. Who believe that they are entitled to …

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Democrats Had Stronger Convention - But Does It Matter?

Political analysts put this year's political conventions in perspective by referencing some tumultuous events of the past

By G. Terry Madonna and Michael L. Young Let’s say it clearly. The Democrats had a good convention, one clearly reflected in a respectable post-convention bounce – the Republicans, not so much. Not that the GOP had a really bad or a dreadful convention. In truth, it had its moments. As conventions go, however, mediocre would describe it best. It wasn’t the worst and certainly wasn’t the best. But the really interesting question is whether it matters that one party had a solid convention while the other party’s convention was merely so-so. Will it alter the outcome of the presidential race? While many modern conventions of both parties have been uniformly dull affairs, long forgotten by Election Day, historically some party conventions have…

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Voter Registration Deadline is Oct. 9

Tuesday, Oct. 9, is the last day to register to vote in the 2012 presidential election.

Any Pennsylvania resident who wants to vote in the Nov. 6 general election has through Tuesday, Oct. 9, to register. Voters can get more information by visiting voter registration websites for Lehigh County and Northampton County or by calling: Lehigh County Voter Registration Northampton County Voter Registration Free photo IDs for voting purposes are available at PennDOT driver's license centers in Allentown and Easton to help residents comply with Pennsylvania's new Voter ID law.

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