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Thomas Fitzgerald, the award-winning national politics writer for The Philadelphia Inquirer, covered the 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns, as well as the Florida recount that followed the 2000 Bush v. Gore election. He has also covered Harrisburg for The Inquirer and served as chief of its City Hall bureau, reporting extensively on state and local politics.
Before joining The Inquirer, he was a reporter for the Bergen (N.J.) Record, covering the 1996 and 2000 presidential primaries, and wrote for the Trenton Times and the New Orleans Times-Picayune. His work has earned him numerous state and regional journalism honors, and he has been a frequent guest on TV and radio programs in Philadelphia and nationally.
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- YouTube video of the rally
- Booze Wars, now televised everywhere in PA
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Corbett's Velcro side
- Some leaders are Teflon or can hit back fast after a gaffe. But that's not the governor's style.When challenged, Gov. Christie sometimes yells like a Marine gunnery sergeant, calling reporters, citizens, and opponents alike stupid. Judging by his stratospheric poll ratings, voters love that shtick. He's "Jersey Strong."
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Abortion may be Corbett campaign issue
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The Big Tent: The emotional issue of abortion, always lurking in politics but thrust into renewed prominence recently, may wind up haunting Gov. Corbett's reelection campaign.
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Margolies ponders a Congressional comeback
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The Big Tent: Marjorie Margolies (now minus the Mezvinsky) eyes a run for the House seat she lost in 1994.
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Toomey in, Schumer out of the spotlight on gun bills
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The Big Tent: U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey let it be known in private that he would not attend a news conference announcing a bipartisan deal to expand background checks for firearms sales at gun shows and on the Internet if Sen. Chuck Schumer was on the platform near him.
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A Knox bid for mayor - maybe
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The Big Tent: Tom Knox is bored. How else to explain the millionaire businessman's statement last week that he would not run for governor in 2014 after all and was aiming instead to inject himself into the 2015 race for mayor of Philadelphia?
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McGreevey walking tall as inmate counselor
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Thomas Fitzgerald: For former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey, an Irish prince, the story was supposed to end with him in the Oval Office.
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Dems prominent, obscure lining up to oust Corbett
- Democrats prominent and obscure are lining up to oust Gov. Corbett.When the Rev. Max Myers announced his candidacy last week for the Democratic nomination for governor of Pennsylvania, rival John Hanger dumped a load of "oppo" on his head.
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Democrat Nutter gets no union love
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The Big Tent: "He's gone full Scott Walker on public-sector workers," said Pete Matthews, president of District 33 of AFSCME, which represents city government's blue-collar workers.
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Lining up for the 13th race
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The Big Tent: Since politics abhors a vacuum more than nature does, the likelihood that U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz will run for governor next year has created a Schuylkill Expressway-style ambition jam among Democrats who covet her 13th District seat.
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Going after corporate personhood
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"Corporations are ruling us, as surely as masters once ruled slaves, as surely as kings once ruled subjects," said David Cobb, a former Texas trial lawyer and 2004 Green Party presidential nominee.
