FOLLOWING THE POLLS: The Monday Edition **UPDATED**
Whew! You know you are getting close to the Big Dance when just typing the freaking tags takes you ten minutes... Yes, folks, welcome to the biggest FTP editions yet, a total of 60 individual races...
View ArticlePA-10, Help Ruin Don Sherwoods Night!!
Don Sherwood will be on WYOU (CBS 22) this evening from 5-6:30 and Chris will be on tomorrow night from 5-5:30. WYOU News is interactive, taking calls and emails from viewers for the guests. Please...
View ArticlePA-10: Sherwood Bribed Mistress
Hot on the wires is a report that Don Sherwood timed the payments to his mistress to keep her quiet until after the election.
View ArticleAP: Sherwood Paying $500,000 To Keep Choked Mistress Quiet!
Just an hour old from the Associated Press: A Republican congressman accused of abusing his ex-mistress agreed to pay her about $500,000 in a settlement last year that contained a powerful incentive...
View ArticlePA-10 Chris Carney Rally
I went to the Chris Carney Rally in Cameron Park, Sunbury, today. Chris has been hitting spots in my county like crazy this weekend on his "Pennsylvania Values" tour. He was joined by the very...
View ArticlePoliticians Are Role Models
As professional athletes are considered role models, they are expected to set an example for children. This expectation of good behavior was effectively manifested in the Congressional hearings on...
View ArticleTop Ten Endangered House Freshmen
They aren’t even sworn in yet, and the handicappers are ready to write their political obituaries. So goes life in Washington, I suppose. And, truth be told, here on Daily Kos, too. Chris Cillizza of...
View ArticleUS House 2008: Pennsylvania
If there was ever a poster child for how redistricting should not be done, it is the Congressional district map for Pennsylvania. It was designed to elect 14 Republicans and 5 Democrats (everything...
View Article18 Most Vulnerable Democratic seats
The Republicans are already regrouping to try to take back the House of Representatives from the Democrats (as Kos's recent Front Page entry indicates) and there are 18 Seats that are likely to be...
View ArticleHouse 2008 Defense (long but worth it)
Yes, it's very early, but hey, we live in the age of perpetual campaigning, so let's jump on it. I am ranking my list of House 2008 Defense (the top 25 at least): vulnerable freshmen, or vulnerable...
View ArticleI Want My Money Back: Chris Carney (PA-10) Betrays GLBT Rights
We don't expect the men and women we support to necessarily support the same position we do on every single vote. But even in the short time Chris Carney has been in Congress, he has moved further and...
View ArticleHouse 2008 outlook: Incumbents
As with my challenger rundown, I am listing the races alphabetically and not by turnover chance. The reason is that some races are shaping up, with announced candidates, and others are still big...
View ArticlePA - US House: Keystone State to be the Cornerstone To Democratic Success in...
(Cross-posted at my blog, An Enduring Democratic Majority.) It's no secret that the state of Pennsylvania was one of the hotbeds of the Democratic Party's revival in 2006. Sending four new Democratic...
View Article2Q FEC Reports: PA U.S. House Races
Yesterday was the deadline for U.S. House candidate committees to file quarterly reports with the Federal Election Commission. Below is a quick compilation of fundraising totals for candidates in...
View ArticleDetailed House Ratings: Things look even better in October!
The full rankings are available on Campaign Diaries. Plenty of action in House races since our first ratings came out in mid-September. This is recruitment and retirement season in the House, and Ohio...
View Article2008 House Races to Watch, Part IV of XX (Pennsylvania Part 2)
This is to be the fourth of 20 diaries looking at the House districts which look most likely to be in play in 2008. This is supposed to be a weekly feature but I’ve been AWOL for about two months due...
View ArticleNovember House rankings: How many more Republican retirements?
Just when the GOP is starting to catch some small breaks in the Senate, the situation in the House is rapidly deteriorating. As many had predicted, a growing number of Republican representatives do not...
View ArticleOn the Ground in Eastern PA - Primary Observations
Let me preface the following with a few notes. First, it really has been a long time time since I last posted a diary, so please pardon any oversights or minor faux pas I might make (and my admittedly...
View ArticlePA-10: At Chris Carney Fundraiser Meet-and-Greet, earmarks are good
I live in the 10th congressional district of Pennsylvania, which encompasses the larger portion of Northeast Pennslyvania. The district voted 60 percent for Bush in 2004, yet in the "historic" election...
View ArticleHouse 2008 roundup
It's been a while since my last House diary, and I just know you've been sitting there wondering "when will Nathaniel publish his next House roundup diary? I can't live without my fix, and he's just...
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