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BTW, do you have any idea what Republican received the most votes yesterday in Pennsylvania?

It looks like it was Tom Corbett. Nearly 150K more than McCain.

Has anyone been able to believably explain the long-term benefits of leasing the toll collection and management processes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike for a 75 year period?

Whatever happens, there's absolutely no way that this should be approved in June, with so little sunlight so far being spread on the proposal.

Our house received two different Hillary Clinton for President mailers on Monday. My wife and I are both registered Democrats, but for some reason, both mailers were addressed to her. Funny.

Quinnipiac Poll Results:

April 15: Clinton 50 - Obama 44

April 8: Clinton 50 - Obama 44

April 2: Clinton 50 - Obama 41

March 18: Clinton 53 - Obama 41

It seems somewhat stable to me, Clinton can't put the big number up in Pennsylvania, and Obama can't catch her. There's a week to go, and short of any mind-numbing gaffes, the sort we haven't really seen in the past month (I don't care what people say about Tuzla or bitter, they aren't the kinds of mistakes that scare big numbers of supporters off), we're going to go into Election Day with the same kinds of numbers. I figure that 4% of the unknowns will go with Hillary, and 2% will go with Obama, leaving it at 54-46.

I suspect it's a sign that the candidates agree if they don't spend the entire next week in Pennsylvania.

What is the normal reaction of someone who is bitter when they are described as bitter? What is the normal reaction of someone who is not bitter when they are described as bitter?

What is the normal reaction of someone who is bitter about the asininity of our political media coverage on said political media coverage about the word "bitter"?

Did I say bitter? Bitter? Bitter bitter bitter bitter bitter bitter bitter bitter bitter bitter bitter bitter bitter bitter bitter?

Something I don't understand about this policy...

The state House took steps yesterday to ease the financial crunch that has left thousands of families scrambling to avoid losing their homes.

Five bills that address how mortgages are sold were approved. The legislation would tighten oversight of real estate appraisers, let banking regulators disclose discipline taken against mortgage brokers and bankers more quickly, and make information about delinquent loans more readily available.

It also would ban prepayment penalties for loans of $197,000 or less, an amount that would be adjusted for inflation in the future, and create a single type of license for all mortgage originators.

What is magical about $197K? I understand that a lender might want to require a minimum amount of interest to be paid on a loan, to help the lender determine the most effective use of capital. However, I don't understand why it should be couched as a penalty, rather than a specific payment requirement. And I think legislators ought to explain in public what the magical reason for $197K would be for penalties - it seems arbitrary but we all know it isn't, so what's the reasoning?

MEET THE PRESS WITH TIM RUSSERT
WEEKEND LISTINGS 4/06/08

SEN. BOB CASEY (D-PA)
Obama supporter

GOVERNOR ED RENDELL (D-PA)
Clinton supporter