Real Change, With Low Carbs

Who the hell knew Bob Casey could talk? The guy who let Rick Santorum simply defeat himself in the 2006 election apparently can talk, and he’s telling you to vote for Barack Obama. Why? Not just change, but real change. Really!

Casey in Obama ad [PA Votes Blog]

Black Man Supports Hillary Clinton

Hey, did you know that both Barack Obama and Michael Nutter are black? Yes, I know, now that racism no longer exists it’s hard to remember who’s black and who’s white nowadays, but both the frontrunner for the presidential election and the current mayor of Philadelphia have a high melanin count.

And, what do you know, Nutter is supporting Hillary Clinton, who is not only not male but is white!

Vivian McCabe, a grandmother, neighborhood block captain and supporter of both Mr. Nutter and Mr. Obama, expressed the frustration in a sidewalk interview the other day. “I was shocked,” she said, referring to Mr. Nutter’s endorsement of Mrs. Clinton. “Not because he’s black, but — I was just looking at him to…” She paused. “What words should I use?” she said. She could not come up with any.

How do we describe why people are surprised at the black mayor supporting a white candidate without mentioning race? Damn, I don’t think we can! And when will Bob Brady support Hillary Clinton (his fellow white person) like he’s supposed to!

A Mayor in the Obama Mold, but Backing Clinton [NYT]

Clinton On, Uh, Preston & Steve

On Friday, Hillary Clinton attempted to one-up Barack Obama by going on the Preston & Steve Show! The WMMR morning show is one of the inexplicable successes of Philadelphia radio, and they probably had Clinton on to be on “The Cleavage Corner”. (Even more inexplicable: Radio’s obsession with hot girls that you, the listener, can’t see.)

After the jump, Clinton talks with Preston and Steve about all the hot babes on the WMMR website! Or something like that.

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Obama Mystified By Tastykakes

I can only imagine the New York Times describing this with, “Whoa, man. Donut holes? What kind of crazy food do you eat in Pennsylvania?!”

[via Philly EDGE]

Hillary Clinton Can’t Spell

The Inquirer’s Larry Eichel points out on Philly.com’s primary blog that one of Hillary Clinton’s new ads has a typo in it! As a big fan of typos, this makes me like Clinton more: She’s clearly just like a blogger, not even checking whatever the hell goes into her work before sending it out. I wonder if she does her work from her parents’ basement?

Olivia Sadly Missing From New Clinton Ad

Here’s Michael Nutter’s new ad for Hillary Clinton. (She just released five new ones, including one in Spanish.) Not much to this, although Nutter says she wants to “invest in our communities,” which no other candidate wants to do.

Ed Rendell’s new Clinton ad after the jump.

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Liberty Place Nixes Political Poll

Are you annoyed by people talking non-stop about the election, telling you about how many more awesome wars John McCain will start or how Barack Obama is going to criminalize tobacco or how Hillary Clinton will answer that 3 a.m. phone call and stop that new violent video game from coming out? Hey, join the club.

Apparently Liberty Place has, too! The mall’s management forced Jake’s Philadelphia Cheesesteaks to shut down his Obama/Clinton voting booth where patrons dropped an M&M into a dish for their candidate. (Incidentally, this makes more sense than pressing buttons and pulling levers or butterfly ballots and whatnot.)

Liberty Place’s general manager wouldn’t give a statement to KYW 1060’s Hadas Kuznits. And, anyway, their plan didn’t work. The people will not be silenced!

[Jake's Gary] Dorfman says [the general manager's] silence doesn’t keep customers from talking: “We keep getting customers asking what happened and who won and things like that and why its down and you just have to give them the short answer that it was against management policies here.”

Aaaaargh… you just can’t stop hearing about the election. Is there a hibernation pill I can take to nap ’til April 23?

Incidentally, the Obama/Clinton M&M poll was ron by Ron Paul.

Liberty Place Ends Jake’s Steaks M&M Vote [KYW 1060]

Obama Just Loves Steel Workers

Hey, here’s Barack Obama’s new ad. If you’re like me, the more you see Barack Obama’s ads, the less you like him. This ad opens with the line: “I moved to Chicago to help workers whose lives were torn apart when steel plants like this one left town.” Really? Did you hover on the power of hope and change to get to Chicago just to help stranger steelworkers?

Good thing Hillary Clinton’s ads are just as unintentionally loathesome and Walnuts! McCain is, well, Walnuts! McCain.

New Obama Ad [PA Votes Blog]

RON PAUL RETURNS!

Oh, and you thought I had forgotten about Ron Paul! Puh-leeze. The greatest presidential candidate in American history has been a bit off the radar since dropping out of the race, but he nonetheless will make two appearances in Pennsylvania.

Unfortunately, Paul is staying away from the Philadelphia area, hoping to spread his message of legal prostitution and the gold standard to more rural Pennsylvania: Indiana, Pittsburgh, Gettysburg, Penn State.

But, yes, if you’re wondering, Ron Paul is back and is campaigning for a nomination John McCain has already clinched. Or maybe he’s just spreading the love all over the Keystone State. I want him to answer that 3 a.m. economic phone call!

Hillary’s New Hilarious Parody Ad

Hillary Clinton just released her new Pennsylvania ad like 10 seconds ago; it’s a remake of her 3 a.m. ad, which asked what presidential candidate you’d want answering the phone during a crisis at 3 a.m.

It apparently worked so well Clinton is now re-running the ad in Pennsylvania, only this time it’s a 3 a.m. phone call about the economy! It’s pretty much a complete parody of the original ad — only it’s actually funny, a first in Internet parody video history. Oh, yeah, and she’s serious about answering that 3 a.m. economic crisis phone call. WHO FORGOT TO LOCK THE STOCK MARKET???

Oh, and Barack Obama got into a fight with an “eBay guy” today in Philly. If I want a candidate to tell off somebody… hmm. It was Walnuts McCain in a cinch, I though, but Obama showed me something today. Keep it up, Barry!