Philadelphia suburbs hold key to Pa. primary

Take the Chester exit of I-95 and wend your way to the Pennsylvania Turnpike. If Barack Obama has any chance of cultivating an upset on April 22, this 20-mile stretch is fertile land.

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Hillary Clinton didn't win Pennsylvania, she survived. Long enough for another attempt to nail that elusive quadruple on the flying trapeze. But the net is gone and the clock is ticking.

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By now there are so many sports metaphors littering the campaign coverage that it's hard to tell CNN from ESPN. The Pennsylvania primary not only had its wrestling matches and boxing rings and slam dunks but almost turned pinochle into a contact sport.

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Hillary Clinton's convincing victory over Barack Obama in the April 22 Pennsylvania primary ensures that the bitter contest for the Democratic presidential nomination will continue for weeks, if not months.

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From the article: Democrats have discovered an ugly truth: neither of the two candidates left will unite the party, and for good reason. They're both lousy candidates.

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PA PRIMARY ELECTION PROB WIRE: Machine malfunctions, long lines, registration probs reported across Keystone State..

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"I don't care too much for Obama," Maria Norgren, the daughter and granddaughter of steelworkers, said in the parking lot of the Giant Eagle shopping center here, near the Obama rally.

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For the first time in six weeks, the Democratic presidential nominating contest returned to the ballot box as voters across Pennsylvania turned out in record numbers on Tuesday to cast their judgment on Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.

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A must see video for any Obama supporter.

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For Barack Obama, campaign 2008 has been a series of absurd but consequential tests.

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Mr. Obama, after three days of criticizing Mrs. Clinton with some of his sharpest language of the campaign, did not directly engage her.

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[W]hite men cannot be relied on, as all of us know who have spent a lifetime dating them. And McCain is a compelling candidate, particularly because of the Torture Thing. As for the Democratic hope that McCain's temper will be a problem, don't bet on it.

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Today's polling indicated a slight upward trend for Senator Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania, with most numbers tacking above the margin for error.

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The Obama campaign is slamming Hillary Clinton over a new ad that brings up all sorts of hot button issues, from Pearl Harbor to Hurricane Katrina and Osama bin Laden. The ad is clearly designed to make voters think Clinton is the only candidate who can keep them safe.

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The Pennsylvania Primary is finally tomorrow, who needs the victory more and how will this primary help shape the Democratic nominating process?

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When Barack Obama went bowling in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on March 29, his opponent was Senator Bob Casey Jr., the son and namesake of a popular former governor whose coal-mining pedigree had made him a hero of the white working class.

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As a rule, presidential elections are not won or lost by what happens in April.

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Michelle Obama is stumping in Pennsylvania and letting voters there know that both she and Barack are intimately aware of working class struggles.

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E & P reports: While Beltway pundits and others in the national press have alleged that Sen. Barack Obama is clearly out of touch with most Pennsylvanians, leading newspapers in the state seem to disagree.

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Obama-Clinton Debate - What did you think of it?

We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world and our people do not have access to health care that is affordable and equitable. We live in a country that is mired in a 5 year war that has nothing to do with 9/11.

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Race, his middle name and "scurrilous emails" about him are partly responsible for the discomfort some people have with him, Barack Obama told Jewish leaders in a private meeting in the Philadelphia area today.

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We thought the Republican presidential primaries were over.

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Swaami time: What will happen in Pennsylvania, and what will be the result?

We're a week away from the Pennsylvania primary, and everyone is an expert.

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Bob Herbert writes: Maybe Barack Obama felt he couldn't afford to give the correct answer. He was asked at a fund-raiser in San Francisco about his campaign's experiences in the run-up to next week's Democratic primary in Pennsylvania.

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Since January, Pennsylvania has registered nearly 210,000 new voters. Seventy percent registered Democratic and 18 percent registered Republican. The rest signed up with other parties.

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Hillary's right. The boys are holding her back. And the worst part is, they're her own boys. Fresh from pushing the preposterous Mark Penn to the rear of her leaky boat, Hillary has to deal with Bill making waves again.

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