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h6If you look at the data you will see that the GOP has a sizeable lead in all aspects of Social Media (2 years ago it was the opposite!) BUT, if you add Barack Obama’s Social Network Eco-system, the numbers are more even. What does this imply or say about the war going on in Social Networking? who’s on top and how is it integrating with campaigns in 2010? 2012?/h6
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pupdate: 4:18 FWIW …/p
pFLOTUS apparently travels with a fashionbr /
assistant, who was originally from Chicago. The assistant forgot the makebr /
up case on the plane and had to run back and get it./p
pUpdate: 3:14/p
pMedia Watching: Sestak leads Toomey by +4 since 8am. Data is defined by combining and weighing blog, web, & other internet posts. a title="#paelect" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23paelect" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://twitter.com']);"#paelect/a We’ve been watching our alerts and research for 2 weeks steady. Up until today, the media listening stream has favored Pat Toomey (R)./p
pUpdate: 2:51/p
pI need to respond to Ben Smith’s story on Politico yesterday. He has abr /
picture of one campaign brochure that features Joe Sestak lessbr /
prominently than Dan Onorato. From this one campaign leaflet, he jumpsbr /
to the erroneous conclusion that Sestak is not loved by the Democraticbr /
party.br /
As someone who has stopped by almost daily the Philadelphia office ofbr /
Organizing for America, Obama’s get the vote operation, I can tell youbr /
that the Democratic Party is working v just as hard to elect Sestak tobr /
the Senate as they are to elect Onorato as Governor. Every one of thebr /
thousands phone calls made there every day mentions both candidates.br /
In addition, I have seen all types of configurations on the campaignbr /
literature and some favor Sestak. Each is designed with a targetbr /
audience in mind./p
pa href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1010/Also_Sestak.html?showall" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.politico.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fblogs%2Fbensmith%2F1010%2FAlso_Sestak.html%3Fshowall','http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fblogs%2Fbensmith%2F1010%2FAlso_Sestak.html%3Fshowall')" target="_blank"http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1010/Also_Sestak.html?showall/abr /
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Laura Goldman/p
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pUpdate: 1:13 pm/p
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November 2, 2010 at 1:33 pm | Comments (18)

PA-08 race gets nasty as both sides trade fraud allegations in the closing hours

pThe candidates running to represent Pennsylvania’s 8supth/sup Congressional District are trading a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1110/44492.html" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.politico.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F1110%2F44492.html','allegations')" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"allegations/a of voter fraud in the closing hours of a closely contested race. A decision by the Bucks County Board of Elections could mean that we might have to wait to learn the results of the race between incumbent Democrat Patrick Murphy and challenger Mike Fitzpatrick./p
pAt issue are at least 8,000 absentee ballots. On Friday, the Republican-controlled elections board voted to sequester the ballots until they can investigate the allegations. If the election is as close as it was in 2006 – Murphy beat Fitzpatrick by 1518 votes – and the a href="http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/forecasts/house/pennsylvania/8" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://elections.nytimes.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Felections.nytimes.com%2F2010%2Fforecasts%2Fhouse%2Fpennsylvania%2F8','polls')" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">polls showing a close race are accurate, then those ballots could swing the election.

The Allentown Morning Call pMurphy and the Democratic Party counter that Republicans are engaging in illegal voter suppression and fraud. The day before the Bucks County Board of Elections meeting, Murphy put out a a href="http://www.patrickmurphyforcongress.com/release_details.asp?id=127" onclick="javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http://www.patrickmurphyforcongress.com']);return TrackClick("http%3A%2F%2Fwww.patrickmurphyforcongress.com%2Frelease_details.asp%3Fid%3D127','press+release')" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">press release accusing the Fitzpatrick campaign of instructing voters to forge the signatures of students away at college on absentee ballots. The Murphy campaign is also alleging voter suppression because six times as many ballots from Democrats as Republicans have been rejected in Bucks County.

On Monday, Murphy fired the latest salvo, issuing another

November 1, 2010 at 10:34 pm | Comments (3)

From the Blogs

Michelle Obama, with a 65% approval rating among all Americans (CNN/Opinion Research) to headline rally. Will this impact the Democrats’ Get out the Vote effort?

by PA2012.com Press Team

Discussing:

First Lady Michelle Obama will headline a rally on November 1 at the
campus of the University of Pennsylvania. She will appear at Perelman
Quadrangle, 3417 Spruce, at 7 pm. The doors open at 5 30.  Michelle
Obama, with a 65% approval rating among all Americans in the latest
poll from CNN/Opinion Research, will favorably impact the Democrats’
Get out the Vote effort.

The President and First Lady have…

November 1, 2010 at 1:10 pm | Comments (5)

Weirdest campaign stop ever? Only in Philadelphia.

Posted: Laura Goldman and PA2010.com blogger Staff

We figured Halloween should bring out the best of the race for Governor.

Last night, Governor Rendell and Candidate Dan Onorato stopped at
Henry David’s Halloween Party. This party, which has been a
Philadelphia tradition since 1968, ends the night with a contest for
best transgendered male and female costume. Rendell and Onorato shook
hands and patiently posed for pictures with nearly all of…

November 1, 2010 at 1:00 pm | Comments (12)

Hey Undecideds: Stop Being PC And Pick A Side

Let’s get something straight this campaign season. There are no “un-decideds.”  Or at least there shouldn’t be.

If there are, they should be banned from voting. As Dean Wormer said in Animal House, “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.” And if you’re truly undecided, that’s exactly what you’re doing.

So for those wannabes who think it’s desirable and politically correct to seem overly “deliberative” during a poll, do us all…

October 30, 2010 at 7:14 pm | Comments (3)

From the Blogs

Commentary: Are you being played this election?

by Tony Heyl

Election Day is Tuesday (Millions of Americans have been voting early across the country but Pennsylvania is way, way behind the times), and the frustrations of voters are about to come to a boil.  Before everyone goes out to vote with their gut, it might be good to step back and think with your head.

Voters who have rallied around the cause of “throw the bums out” should think about who they are trying to…

October 30, 2010 at 11:22 am | Comments (9)

More on Brady and Rendell …

Updated: 10/30/2010

Stu Bykofsky wrote in the Daily News on Thursday that Governor Rendell said at a meeting of ward leaders that Democratic Party Chairman (and Congressman) Brady would resign as chairman if Philly voter turnout didn’t top 50%. Rendell and Brady have been the Batman and Robin of Philly politics for so long that I was surprised that Rendell would say such a thing in public. At the recent Obama-Biden rally in Germantown, Rendell…

October 30, 2010 at 11:01 am | Comments (4)

Senator Casey speaks

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October 29, 2010 at 2:23 pm | Comments (9)

Opinion

2010 Elections: No More Frankens By RNC Chairman Michael Steele

by Michael Steele

There are 5 days until the November 2^nd midterm elections.  If you listen to the news pundits and political pollsters, Republicans are poised to win big this cycle, up-and-down the ballot, not only in House and Senate but also races for Governor and state legislative chambers across the country. It’s an exciting time for our Party and the nation as we stand on the brink of taking our country back.

Just think about…

October 29, 2010 at 8:19 am | Comments (8)

From the Blogs

US Chamber of Commerce officially backs Dent

by Donald Hoegg

ALLENTOWN — Congressman Charlie Dent (R-15) picked up the endorsement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday at ASGCO Manufacturing here, adding to his list business backers.

“[Dent] has been a great friend to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, to businesses of all sizes,” Chamber Vice President Bill Miller told an audience of employees. “We’ve spent a lot of time, a lot of resources trying to identify those people that are supportive of free enterprise…we…

October 29, 2010 at 8:12 am | Comments (0)