http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:08:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_112061108.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/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 01:04:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_111010512.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/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. Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:30:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_109053108.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/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. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:43:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_106054351.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_106054351.html Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are gingerly threading their way between two of the most politically charged numbers in Pennsylvania: the state's almost 1 million licensed hunters and Philadelphia's nearly one-a-day rate of gun murders. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:41:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_105054217.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_105054217.html Accused of being elitist, a defiant Sen. Barack Obama lashed out at rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, saying "Shame on her" and mocking her vocal support for gun rights as their political tempest threatened to consume the Democratic presidential race. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:49:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_100055028.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_100055028.html If U.S. Rep. Chris Carney feels like he has a target on his back, it's for good reason. Republicans view the freshman Democrat's 2006 election as a fluke — he rolled to victory after his GOP predecessor became embroiled in a sex scandal — and see his House seat as ripe for the taking. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:44:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_099064523.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_099064523.html Voter registration for Pennsylvania's April 22 presidential primary is close to setting a record, and a surge of Democratic sign-ups has reversed years of Republican domination in two suburban Philadelphia counties. Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:45:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_098054526.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_098054526.html Big spending by the Obama campaign may narrow Sen. Hillary Clinton's lead, but Gov. Ed Rendell still expects Clinton to win the Pennsylvania primary. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:35:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_093053818.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_093053818.html The Pennsylvania primary is more than a contest between Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. It's a showdown between two rival factions in organized labor and whether they can deliver for their presidential candidate. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:17:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_092084751.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_092084751.html Voters in Pennsylvania rarely elect black and female candidates. But they'll have to choose one or the other in the April 22nd Democratic presidential primary between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:59:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_092060242.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_092060242.html Democratic Sen. Barack Obama secured the backing of a second female senator on Monday as a top supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton raised expectations for her rival in the upcoming Pennsylvania primary. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:34:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_090053602.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_090053602.html Former President Clinton said Saturday that Democrats calling for his wife to drop out of the presidential race should "just relax" and let the remaining states vote. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:10:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_089211126.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_089211126.html Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, a noted Republican, says he thought long and hard before deciding against greeting Bill Clinton when the former president visited the campus on behalf of his wife's presidential campaign. Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:36:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_089183726.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_089183726.html Barack Obama offered a bit of tough love to Pennsylvania voters Saturday, saying some industrial and manufacturing jobs may not return to this steel region, but others could take their place. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_088230214.html http://www.dailyitem.com/stateprimary/local_story_088230214.html Barack Obama got a surprise boost in the last big state of the long Democratic campaign Friday with an endorsement from Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Jr., while another Obama supporter sought to nudge Hillary Rodham Clinton out of the race.