by Joe Shaheeli Pennsylvania labor leaders know there may be a problem getting out all the Democrats necessary to tilt this state into Hillary Clinton’s win column. They made their concern known with massive workers’ rallies around the state last weekend, especially in this city. Knocking at doors around the city were well-known Philadelphia labor […]
Continue reading …by Joe Shaheeli We yawn every time we see Democrats knee-jerking to Republican efforts to allow poll watchers to serve outside of their home counties. Such a bill is now wending its way through the General Assembly. To minority parties, it makes sense. To majority parties, they see it as another scary character at Halloween […]
Continue reading …by Joe Shaheeli By coincidence, the two major presidential campaigns have picked this Saturday, Oct. 8, to launch their registration campaigns with fanfare on the streets of this city. The unusual factor is the Republican Party has announced launches at several sites, something not done in an eon of presidential campaigns. Though the campaign underway […]
Continue reading …by Joe Shaheeli It may not mean much in a city such as ours where Democrats out register Republicans seven to one. But it could have serious consequences in one or more of our 26 state legislative districts, illegal aliens voting could spell the difference. A check with local registration officials indicates there is almost […]
Continue reading …by Joe Shaheeli Despite the fact Democratic Party Chairman and Congressman Bob Brady asked State Rep. Leslie Acosta (D-N. Phila.) to resign her 197th Legislative Dist. seat, and the headlines have indicated she pled guilty to federal felony charges this year, the besieged legislator need not resign. Her term ends this December; that’s when she […]
Continue reading …by Joe Shaheeli Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump must know Philadelphia has been a wasteland for GOP presidential candidates for over 60 years now. More so, especially since Congressman Bob Brady took over the reins as chairman of the city’s Democratic Party. Party registrations favor Democrats a bit over 7 to 1. So why is […]
Continue reading …by Joe Shaheeli An axiom in Politics is not to, never to, ever consider mentioning your opponent on radio commercials, in newspaper ads and, worst of all, in television commercials. Breaking the rule on a regular basis is Democratic “break the glass ceiling for women” US Senate candidate Katie McGinty. Watch her ad blasting US […]
Continue reading …by Joe Shaheeli Does it matter if Donald Trump blames cheating on Election Day if he loses Pennsylvania? For those of us who know how it all works, it shows he personally doesn’t understand the political system, how elections work, who is responsible for monitoring and placing before the electorate the thousands of polls that […]
Continue reading …by Joe Shaheeli To win Pennsylvania in the Presidential election this Nov. 8, the campaign team of Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has been renewing contacts with the Democratic leaders of this city who can bring out the numbers their candidate needs to take Pennsylvania. There is little doubt that as Philly goes, so goes Pennsy. […]
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