PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE: On Tuesday, voters in Pennsylvania approved a state constitutional amendment that raises the retirement age for judges to 75. The question was intentionally misleading: A question that explained voters would be raising the retirement age was invalidated but still voted on last year, and was rejected. The one that pretended it was […]
LETTER: Election should be anulled
NEWSLANC EDITOR: Although we do not necessarily agree with what is said below, we publish it because it is important for a democracy that serious, albeit divergent, voices be heard. The real reason Trump won the most electoral votes and I believe is grounds to annul the 2016 election: Donald Trump used intimidation to […]
Rendell to blame
By Dick Miller WE.CONNECT.DOTS: – If you were rooting for Trump, send a “Thank You” card to Ed Rendell. If Rendell would have left Joe Sestak alone in the PA primary for US Senate, Democrats would not only have won that seat but also cast its electoral votes for Hillary Clinton for President. Assuming Hillary […]
Let’s revisit a relevant moment in US history
By Robert Field Harry Truman was a great president but the country was bitterly divided over many of his proposals. Dwight Eisenhower became President and quietly facilitated many of the liberal improvements that Truman had initiated or proposed. Flash forward: Withdrawing troops form the Mid-East? Not fighting with Assad in Syria? Improving the Affordable […]
LETTER: 389 suicides and rising over election results
I read an article today which stated that 389 Americans have already committed suicide since the announcement of Trump’s presidency in fear for their lives and the country’s future. The first comment I saw read: “wow natural selection is back too? this has to be a dream…” I couldn’t read any more. I honestly have […]
LETTER: Recap of voting and implications
Hillary got 400,000 more votes than Trump, who got 200,000 fewer votes than Mitt Romney did in 2012. 46.9 percent of the US electorate did not vote in 2012 as opposed to under 38 percent in 2008. The coalition of voters who elected America’s first African-American were not sold on Hillary, who ended up getting […]
LETTER: It is getting clearer every day
EDITORS NOTE: We don’t want to censure thoughtful communications because it is politically incorrect to speak critically about the President Elect so soon after election. Obviously publication should not be construed as agreement. We encourage civil and informed discussion. It is a relief from the ignorance and trash talk we often encounter on our Facebook page. […]
MAKING EXCUSES: Clinton, McGinty losses highlight glass ceilings in Pa.
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: … “Former Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell said he believed Clinton’s gender played a role in her defeat. He noted the three male Democrats seeking statewide office – for treasurer, attorney general, and auditor general – all won Tuesday while Clinton and McGinty failed. ” ‘I don’t think that’s an accident,’ he said. ‘I […]
LETTER: Democratic Party no longer represents working class
The Democratic party once represented the working class. But over the last three decades the party has been taken over by Washington-based fundraisers, bundlers, analysts, and pollsters who have focused instead on raising campaign money from corporate and Wall Street executives and getting votes from upper middle-class households in “swing” suburbs. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/10/democrats-working-class-americans-us-election WK
Russians React to Election of Donald Trump as President
By Slava Zuckerman This September the election of the Russian parliament took place. The poll made on the eve of the election showed that only 20% of Russians were even sure that they were going to vote. A poll of October 21-24 showed that 91% of Russians were interested in results of the American President […]
In case you missed the October 14 column by Bill Keisling
: Does Trump have hidden support in Pennsylvania? October 14, 2016 Featured, Keisling on Pennsylvania Politics, News and Commentary 10 Comments Edit The ‘Undercover Trump Voter’: A ‘Reverse Bradley Effect?’ Donald Trump is pandering to angry, often under-educated and politically unsophisticated voters in Pennsylvania and elsewhere. So are voters shy to tell pollsters of their real voting intentions? by […]
Sen. Pat Toomey has Ed Rendell and Chuck Schumer to thank for his re-election
By Robert Field According to the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: “McGinty worked to overcome her status as a relative unknown to most voters by latching on to a traditional Democratic message and tying herself closely to Clinton, President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and other party stars.” Yes, Katie McGinty was relatively unknown and undistinguished, […]
Dear God: where do we go from here?
David Axelrod called what took place election night a “primal scream.” Clearly there were many causes for disenchantment, but not the least was our failure to put people back to productive work during the Great Recession We relied heavily on monetary policy that greatly benefit the already wealthy at the expense of depriving those out of […]
Marijuana wins big on election night
WASHINGTON POST: Voters in California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved recreational marijuana initiatives Tuesday night, and several other states passed medical marijuana provisions, in what is turning out to be the biggest electoral victory for marijuana reform since 2012, when Colorado and Washington first approved the drug’s recreational use. Of the five recreational marijuana initiatives on the ballot, three […]