http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:42:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_113054337.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_113054337.html Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama questioned each other's character and readiness to be commander in chief in last-minute television ads as the six-week Pennsylvania primary campaign steamed toward an uncertain conclusion Tuesday. Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:08:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_112061108.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_112061108.html Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama swapped some of the most negative attacks of the campaign two days before the Pennsylvania primary, each unleashing television ads Sunday that accused the other of maintaining ties to special interests they both claim to reject. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:20:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_111082059.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_111082059.html This is the last in a series of election forums that have appeared Sundays on this page. For the past several weeks, The Daily Item has posed a question to the three candidates for the U.S. House of Represenatives seat in the 10th Congressional District. Chris Hackett and Dan Meuser are vying for the Republican nomiantion and incumbent Democratic Congressman Chris Carney is unopposed for his party’s nomination in Tuesday’s Primary Election. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:18:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_111081840.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_111081840.html While most politicians understand that polling is an inexact science, candidates still lean heavily on poll results to capture snapshots of trends during a campaign. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:16:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_111081643.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_111081643.html Call it confidence or arrogance, but Valley Republicans expect the next president to be Sen. John McCain, regardless of whom the Democrats put up this fall. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:12:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_111081336.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_111081336.html While many Valley Democrats insist they are embracing a message of unity as Pennsylvania’s primary election nears, results of a telephone survey of randomly selected registered Democrats reveal disparate opinions about the Democratic candidates. Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_111010512.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_111010512.html Barack Obama cast his Democratic presidential rival Saturday as a game-player who uses "slash and burn" tactics and will say whatever people want to hear, a sharp jab at her character in the final chapter of the pivotal Pennsylvania primary campaign. Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:51:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_110000319.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_110000319.html He came out from behind the curtain and strode to the podium, people chanting, whistling, stomping, screaming. Cameras flashing, the Lycoming College gym sweltering, cheers reaching a frenzied pitch. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_109214315.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_109214315.html He came out from behind the curtain and strode to the podium, people chanting, whistling, stomping, screaming. Cameras flashing, the Lycoming College gym sweltering, cheers reaching a frenzied pitch. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:59:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_109164729.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_109164729.html The Primary Election Ballot features Democratic nomination races for president, state treasurer and election of delegates for the Democratic National Convention. Links to sample ballots are in this story. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:30:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_109053108.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_109053108.html A woman in a wheelchair at a residence for retired nuns told Ethyl Kennedy she once drove through a red light to see her late husband, Robert F. Kennedy. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:50:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_108075150.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_108075150.html Hillary Rodham Clinton said emphatically Wednesday night that Barack Obama can win the White House this fall, undercutting her efforts to deny him the Democratic presidential nomination by suggesting he would lead the party to defeat. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:04:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_107210504.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_107210504.html Democratic Rep. John Murtha said Wednesday that Republican Sen. John McCain is too old to be president. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:19:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_107061958.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_107061958.html Republican Sen. John McCain on Tuesday called for a summer-long suspension of the federal gasoline tax and several tax cuts as the likely presidential nominee sought to stem the public's pain from a troubled economy. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:39:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_106004121.html http://www.dailyitem.com/2008primary/local_story_106004121.html Slightly more than 2,000 voters shifted their allegiance in Union County, and a slight decline in total voter numbers — from 19,986 to 19,808 — was also seen. Democratic registrations increased by 934 voters, while the Republican side saw a decline of 647.