Over at the Clarke Report Hank Clarke writes this excellent post,
Over the past two state election cycles voters have sent a resounding message to Harrisburg insiders: WE WANT NEW BLOOD! Of the 34 GOP victors in open races for seats in the Pennsylvania legislature, 15 have been candidates who had zero name recognition at the [...]

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Listen the latest PA Senate GOP podcast.

Pretty cool huh except the GOP podcast is usually done this way. It’s not that hard to spiff up you podcast with a free google player (instructions for use) and if they wanted to get really cool they could make the code available so other people could post it [...]

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Pennsylvania has the highest number of teacher strikes. (h/t policy blog) the are 111 school districts that are at an immediate risk of a strike and did you know that there could potentially be 125 teachers in 2009?
Visit School Board Transparency and Stop Teachers Strikes for more info.

and to lighten things up a bit…

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A friend of mine is headed to Iraq in January but unlike most of the guys in his unit he is 55 years old.
LancasterOnline just wrote another piece about him and put up this video on YouTube.

But if you want the real story you need to read his blog “Back in the Army Now” [...]

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