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...surprisingly, the comment came off as offensive and insensitive. Scranton almost immediately fired Seif, who ironically had been brought in only weeks before to shake up the flaccid Scranton campaign and initially gotten high marks for giving his candidate a new identity as a reformer in a state where anti-incumbent feeling is running particularly high this year. Seif?s comments ?in no way whatsoever reflect my views or those of my campaign,? Scranton said in a hastily released official statement, while Swann said "it is important this campaign be waged on a higher level of dignity and character...
...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...
...warehouse, and then failing to acknowledge the officials in attendance during his remarks-he is already a household name in the western end of the state thanks to his Hall of Fame playing career. A Rasmussen poll released Jan. 19 shows Swann leading Rendell by 45-43 percent, but Scranton losing to Rendell badly, 46-36 percent. ?Rendell can?t change the perception that he is the governor of Philadelphia and that he?s helping Philadelphia too much,? said Terry Madonna, professor of public affairs at Franklin and Marshall College and director of the widely respected Keystone Poll, which will...
...Scranton said that he hopes more research will help to definitively resolve the question...
...control for the possibility that subjects who knew they were receiving some medication might change their lifestyle in ways that would improve their health and consequently strengthen their bones, Scranton gave some patients statins and others lipid-lowering therapy, so that “they would change their life too,” Scranton said. Scranton found that patients taking lipid-lowering therapy were 32 percent more likely to fracture a bone, so he concluded that statins must be accountable for the discrepancy...