Today the networks are echoing what I heard from Pennsylvania Democrats last week: a discernible number who voted Hillary were swayed by Obama’s “cling to guns and religion” comments, and why shouldn’t they have been? The comments were insulting and oozed with stereotype, period. If a white …
Looks like a big win—55 percent to 45 percent–for Senator Clinton tonight in Pennsylvania, despite having been outspent nearly three to one there by Senator Obama. But having conducted my own informal poll of Pennsylvania Democrats over the past week and a half, I am not the least bit surprised by tonight’s result.
Obama’s heavily funded …
In my home town of Pittsburgh over the weekend and early this week, I conducted an informal poll of western Pennsylvanians concerning Barack Obama’s remarks about people in “these small towns in Pennsylvania.” I would speculate that his remarks will hurt him in next Tuesday’s democratic primary.
In all, I talked with fourteen people: seven …
From The New York Daily News
BY HEATHER ROBINSON
On a blustery afternoon in late March, Jimmy Bissan guides a visitor around his neighborhood.
In the distance, the Cyclone roller coaster, a Coney Island landmark, stands dinosaur-like above a terrain filled with souvenir shops and pizza places.
Solid, …
From The Huffington Post
BY HEATHER ROBINSON
As a long-term registered Democrat who increasingly identifies as an independent and has weathered a torrid, post-9/11 love affair with conservatism, I am in a good position to judge Democratic prospects this nominating season. And I think we ought to listen to Mama …
Check out this video of a Hamas leader last month openly admitting they use women and children as human shields.
It illustrates what Israel has been dealing with for decades. If only the Palestinian Authority under Yasser Arafat, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, had been this honest and transparent.
Yesterday, writing about Hamas TV’s latest …
From The New York Daily News
By HEATHER ROBINSON
March 5, 2008
“When you look at the news, they don’t talk about different African communities in the U.S. unless something bad happens.”
On the third floor of the Harlem State Office Building, groups of young Africans and African-Americans sit at …
Letter from Penny in Pennsylvania: Forget You, Barack
From The Huffington Post
BY HEATHER ROBINSON
Note: Writing this post helped this Pennsylvania girl — me — to lighten up in the midst of a contentious campaign season. I hope it provides a few laughs.
Dear Barack,
Since you have got BIGGER and BETTER things to do than speak with me in …