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Politically Uncorrected: Tom Corbett's problem

Attorney General Tom Corbett has a problem. More precisely, he had a problem. More about that in a moment! Corbett’s problem was the same problem confronted by each of his predecessors since the Office of Attorney General became elective in 1980:  how ...

From G. TERRY MADONNA AND MICHAEL L. YOUNG, SYNDICATED COLUMNISTS, Stateline.org,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Sam Waterston,  Madonna

Politically Uncorrected: Until the bitter end

Since 1970 Pennsylvania has had an unbroken string of two term governors – Milton Shapp, Dick Thornburgh, Bob Casey, Tom Ridge, and now Ed Rendell. Most of them have behaved in a familiar pattern. They fashioned modest second term agendas, exhibited ...

From G. TERRY MADONNA AND MICHAEL L. YOUNG, SYNDICATED COLUMNISTS, Stateline.org,  23 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Ed Rendell,  U.S. Republican Party,  Milton Shapp,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Dick Thornburgh

Obama and the Afghan Abyss

reply to this The War on Terrorism is far to important to fret about individuals. They signed up for it anyway. reply to this 'The heat of a primary race is no place to formulate sound policy' Terry, you cynical fuck! That is exactly ...

From TERRY MICHAEL, Reason,  26 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Taliban,  Barack Obama,  Glenn Beck,  George W. Bush,  Democratic Leadership Council

Politically Uncorrected: The Goldilocks principle in American Politics

In politics, text and subtext don’t always tell the same tale. This time, however, they do. The text in question can be found in almost any story this summer about the Obama administration. Some recent column titles from Real Clear Politics paint the ...

From G. TERRY MADONNA AND MICHAEL L. YOUNG, SYNDICATED COLUMNISTS, Stateline.org,  11 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton,  Ronald Reagan,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Congress

Politically Uncorrected: Pennsylvania's odd man out

As a society we ask many probing questions about our politics and our politicians. Sometimes, however, we miss the obvious one – the question so self evident, so plain, and so clear that we overlook it altogether. Case in point: one senior U.S. senator ...

From G. TERRY MADONNA AND MICHAEL L. YOUNG, SYNDICATED COLUMNISTS, Stateline.org,  10 Aug 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Arlen Specter,  U.S. Congress,  Pat Toomey

The Case for MichelleCare

It didn't go so well the first time around, when a president assigned his wife to reform health care. But instead of mucking things up with intrusive, expensive health care "reform," President Barack Obama could do a lot worse than putting Michelle in ...

From TERRY MICHAEL, Reason,  29 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Michelle Obama,  Barack Obama,  Michael Pollan,  James Carville,  U.S. Republican Party

Politically Uncorrected: Giant killer

He might fool us all. But don’t bet on it. A household name across Pennsylvania he is not. Yet Congressman Sestak, who represents Pennsylvania’s seventh congressional district (largely Delaware County), is set to challenge a veritable political ...

From G. TERRY MADONNA AND MICHAEL L. YOUNG, SPECIAL TO STATELINE.ORG, Stateline.org,  6 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  Arlen Specter,  Pat Toomey

Politically Uncorrected: The next big one

Pennsylvania has conducted some big elections lately: big presidential races, big gubernatorial races, and big congressional races. Indeed, big, important, and eventful elections have become a regular feature of the State’s political landscape. So, ...

From G. TERRY MADONNA & MICHAEL L. YOUNG, SPECIAL TO STATELINE.ORG, Stateline.org,  6 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Bob Casey, Jr.,  Bill Clinton,  Al Gore

Second Term Troubles

There’s good news and bad news these days for the Bush Administration. The bad news is that President Bush’s anemic approval rating is hovering around 30 percent. The good news is that it probably can’t go much lower. But, what may be news to the ...

From G. TERRY MADONNA AND MICHAEL YOUNG, Stateline.org,  6 Jul 2009
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Bill Clinton,  Ronald Reagan,  Lyndon B. Johnson,  U.S. Congress

Politically Uncorrected: A specter to behold

It’s a specter to behold. Pennsylvania’s most successful politician in modern times is on the ropes and engaged in what looks like the fight of his life. Arlen Specter, running for an unprecedented sixth term in 2010, is in big trouble with his own ...

From G. TERRY MADONNA AND MICHAEL L. YOUNG, SPECIAL TO STATELINE.ORG, Stateline.org,  6 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Arlen Specter,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Pat Toomey,  Barack Obama

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