USA TODAY: When Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) announced earlier this year that she will run for Pennsylvania governor, the relatively safe seat she left open created a race for the nomination that pits the major competing elements of the Democratic coalition against each other. The race is shaping up to be a microcosm of the broader fight for the soul of the Democratic party…
Marjorie Margolies is the candidate to beat, at least according to polling commissioned in August by her campaign that shows her well ahead of her three Democratic opponents.
She served one term in Congress two decades ago, and was cast out after voting for then-President Bill Clinton’s budget, which she initially said she opposed but agreed to support when leadership told her they needed her vote. Now, she has a more immediate Clinton connection: [Marjorie] Margolies’ son Marc Margolies-Mezvinsky is married to Chelsea Clinton, the Clintons’ daughter… (more)
