Sunday, January 20, 2013
Four years ago millions flocked to Washington to see Barack Obama sworn in as President. Sunday January 20 2013 he has "no public schedule."
Four years ago millions flocked to Washington to see Barack Obama sworn in as President after a two year campaign on a promise of hope and change. Now he will be officially sworn in as required by the Constitution at noon on Sunday, January 20 in a small White House ceremony. The official White House Schedule posted on the Whitehouse.gov website lists "no public schedule" for the day the President will take the oath of office for his second term. That will be followed by the ceremonial sweaing-in during the Presidential Inauguration Celebration Monday, MLK Day, on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. The nation is in a different place than it was four years ago. The word "historic" is always used for every presidential inauguration. In 2009…
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
President Obama defeats Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges from …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The Keystone State helped Barack Obama win re-election in what was a good night for Democrats across Pennsylvania
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Pennsylvania helped President Barack Obama win re-election as U.S. Sen. Bob Casey fended off a feisty challenge from Republican coal magnate Tom Smith in what turned out to be a big night for Democrats in the Keystone State. Democrats held the lead in three state row office races as of 2:30 a.m. Wednesday with close to 98 percent of the vote in, according to unofficial results. Kathleen Kane, a former assistant district attorney from Lackawanna County, made history by becoming the first Democrat and first woman to be elected as the state's attorney general. The Republican candidate, David Freed, is a two-term district attorney in Cumberland County. Democrat Eugene DePasquale of York leads Republican John Maher of Allegheny in the auditor …
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Polls in Chester County will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for voting on Tuesday, November 6 in Pennsylvania.
Election Day is finally upon us and polls will be open in Pennsylvania from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 6. Poll workers may ask you for a valid photo ID but you are not required to present photo ID to vote in this election. If you do not provide the requested ID, you will be given information on the requirements for voting in 2013. Voting Resources:
Are you unsure who to choose when voting for president or just want to check that you’re making the right decision?
Going through all the literature out there to make sure the candidate you choose agrees with your on all the different issues can be very time consuming. A number of different websites have pulled that information into easy quiz formats to help you decide who to vote for, some even weigh how important each issue is to you. Here are some of the more mainstream quizzes online to help you choose whether to vote for President Barack Obama or former Gov. Mitt Romney or a third party candidate when casting your vote for president on Tuesday. Have you found other sites that you like? What do you think of these? Are they pretty accurate with your views? Share your opinions in the comments are below.
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Chester County poll workers may ask you for a valid photo ID but you are not required to present photo ID to vote in this election in Pennsylvania.
Election Day is finally upon us and polls will be open in Pennsylvania from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 6. Poll workers may ask you for a valid photo ID but you are not required to present photo ID to vote in this election. If you do not provide the requested ID, you will be given information on the requirements for voting in 2013. Voting Resources:
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
A Patch flash survey of political activists in Pennsylvania shows differing takes on the impact of the final presidential debate
Pennsylvania Democrats sound a bit more confident than Republicans that Monday night's foreign policy debate will help win votes for their candidate in the Keystone State, according to brief overnight surveys by Patch. When asked if their candidate's debate performance will help him in Pennsylvania: When asked who won: When asked who would be the consensus winner, as declared by national media: The catchy phrases that stuck with debate watchers varied: In their survey comments, Pennsylvania Republicans repeatedly noted what they called Romney's presidential bearing: Democrats, in their comments, criticized Romney for being inconsistent and praised Obama's performance: One Democrat was "pleased at the bi-partisan tone of Mr. Romney on those…
Monday, October 22, 2012
The phrase that is being talked about after the final presidential debate: horses and bayonets.
"We have fewer ships than we did in 1916. Well governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets,” said President Barack Obama in response to Gov. Mitt Romney's assertion that “our Navy is smaller now than at any time since 1917.” That "horses and bayonet" comment hit Twitter and took off. It didn’t hit the top trending items for a little while, possibly because of different spellings of the word "bayonet." So, where did that remark come from? If you check cavalrymenforromney.com, you will find a drawing of a tired looking cavalryman with a Romney campaign flag. The site links to an Obama campaign site. A check of the domain registry shows that the domain was created at 7:51 p.m. EST, which is before the debate started at 9 p.m. What do you…
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Patch flash surveys of GOP and Democratic activists in Pennsylvania show diverging views of Tuesday's presidential debate
A non-scientific sampling of Pennsylvania Democrats and Republicans shows they agree that national media will view President Barack Obama as the consensus winner of the second presidential debate - a town hall-style forum at Hofstra Univefsity. "Overall, good debate. Mitt shined, but was less shiny with the very assertive Mr. Obama. Anything was better than last time for Obama, so that will be the take away from this debate," said a GOP survey taker. Patch conducted Red Keystone and Blue Keystone flash surveys overnight of Pennsylvanians who are in involved in politics - elected officials, candidates and party activists. Who won the debate? Of 25 Democrats who responded, 17 said Obama won by a wide margin and four said he won by a slim …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
There is debate over whether moderate Candy Crowley did the right thing by doing a live fact check during the debate.
Toward the end of Tuesday night's debate, moderator Candy Crowley stepped in to fact check Gov. Mitt Romney over a point on the Libya Embassy attack in favor of President Barack Obama. People on Twitter were split over whether that was the right thing to do. What do you think? Share your opinion in the comments below.
Alice Riley
12:15 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
Sorry to disappoint Jenna, but I am much better off now. And I think Obama is great! . more ›