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...home state of Pennsylvania, Swann may have just been handed the game, thanks to an ill-advised comment by his chief opponent's campaign manager. James Seif, a widely respected and seasoned political operative, was on the Pennsylvania Cable Network Wednesday night discussing the campaign of former Lt. Gov. Bill Scranton when he derided Swann as ?the rich white guy in this race.? Even though Seif seemed to be trying to paint Swann as a well-connected insider in contrast with Scranton-despite the fact that Scranton (as in the city) comes from a distinguished Pennsylvania family...
...governor has ever lost a bid for reelection in Pennsylvania, but Republicans sense an opportunity this year. Polls already show that the popularity of Gov. Ed Rendell, the incumbent Democrat and former Mayor of Philadelphia, is sagging in the Western and Central part of the state. Rendell has so far failed to make good on his promise of property tax reform, and many social conservatives object to his support of slot machine gambling. Although Swann is still making some rookie mistakes-making attendees at one North Philadelphia rally wait over an hour in a cold, unheated warehouse, and then failing...
...editors: Re “President Romney?” news, Dec 16: Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s announcement not to seek re-election because he had accomplished what he promised is preposterous. Let’s face facts: Gov. Romney is an ambitious man with a mixed record of political achievement who knows he is unlikely to win another statewide election which would scuttle his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. Despite three years on Beacon Hill, the governor remains a shrewd businessman and remembers how to hedge his bets. The governor?...
...percent of its most recent graduating class took jobs as public employees, many of the school’s alums now hold high-ranking government posts—including President George W. Bush, New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, and Massachusetts Gov. W. Mitt Romney...
...fortunate to have as its new director an accomplished, open-minded and visionary leader in Governor Jeanne Shaheen. With Gov. Shaheen’s leadership, and with the passion and idealism of Harvard students, we are hopeful the IOP can one day live up to its enormous potential—and inspiring students to lives in public service will become a reality rather than a slogan...