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Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Pols Gather At The Famous Fourth Street Deli For Election Day

Lynne Abraham was appointed District Attorney in 1991 and won re-election every four years after that.  But the woman who bragged often about how the late mayor Frank Rizzo had called her a "tough cookie," said politics in this town is a difficult game for women.  Abraham, speaking to PhillyClout's Catherine Lucey -- who took a look at the issue earlier today -- called politics a "tough business."

"Women really have to be tough," Abraham said. "This is not a tea party."

Lucey spoke with Abraham at the Famous Fourth Street Deli, a popular lunch-time hang-out for politicians on election day.  Three of the five Democrats running to replace Abraham -- Dan McCaffery, Brian Grady & Michael Turner -- were making the rounds at the deli.

Grady joked about this grassroots effort to familiarize voters with his campaign, roaming door-to-door in the city's neighborhoods.  "I wish I put on an odometer from day one to track the miles that I walked," he said.

City Controller Alan Butkovitz, who faces two primary challengers, said his campaign was faring well at polling places as compared to rival Brett Mandel.  "We seem to be extremely well organized at the polling place," Butkovitz said. "There seems to be scattered representation by Mandel."

Posted by Chris Brennan @ 1:28 PM  Permalink | 2 comments
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Posted 02:03 PM, 05/19/2009
EnoughAlready
"Pols" are LOSERS. Big time. They're just A bunch of people who get by in life by doing nothing except sucking like leeches off the backs of hard-working citizens. I'd be horrified if any of my children ever expressed an interest in becoming a "pol".
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About Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey
PhillyClout
Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999. He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.

Catherine Lucey joined the Daily News in 2002. Since then she has written about murderous drug gangs, political protesters and Harry Potter. For the past two years, she covered the 2007 mayoral election. Now that the battle is over, she has moved down to the City Hall bureau where she will report on the Nutter administration.

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