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Monday, October 13, 2008
Still Love for Hillary Clinton in the NE
Yep, Northeast Philadelphia is still Clinton country.

Former presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton -- who won big in Northeast Philly during the Primary Election -- appeared this morning at the Jewish Community Center-Klein Branch to pump up voters for Sen. Barack Obama and for U.S. Rep Allyson Schwartz. After she was greeted with a wild standing ovation, Clinton said Obama would best lift up the economy and support the middle-class.

"It took a Democratic president to clean up after the last Bush and it's going to take a Democratic president to clean up after this Bush," Clinton said.

Over 500 people packed into the auditorium at the center, mostly senior citizens. Many said they had supported Clinton in the primary, but had since transferred allegiance to Obama.

"I wasn't going to vote. My thoughts were that I don't know this man. I was disappointed that we didn't get Hillary," said Sara Ronson, 82, who lives in the Northeast.

But Ronson said she came around. "[Vice President candidate Joe] Biden makes a big difference. He has the experience," she said. "I think a lot of people are going for Obama. He's working for the little guy."
Posted by Catherine Lucey @ 2:57 PM  Permalink | 2 comments
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Posted 02:03 AM, 10/14/2008
j2289
How did we get in this financial mess? For answers watch this You Tube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5z9lD4C2Io
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About Chris Brennan and Catherine Lucey
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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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