A Glenside Tea Party

March 11, 2010 at 9:19 am

Suburban Snapshot made it out to the Tea Party rally in Glenside this week. The Kitchen Table Patriots and the Thomas Jefferson Club were my hosts, and contrary to some liberal conventional wisdom, these folks aren’t fanatics.

Creativity was there in abundance. The homemade signs were clever, and definitely got the point across that the Democrats need to slow down on ramming through this health care reform bill.  One of the best signs I saw…

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The guy with a truck in the 13th

March 10, 2010 at 11:47 am

Philadelphia resident Brian Haughton is the Philly GOP’s endorsed candidate in the 13th Congressional District. This firefighter and small business owner of “SmokeEaters Pub,” a firefighting-themed bar and restaurant believes so much that he can win that he has gotten over 100 Democrats to switch parties so they can vote for him in the primary.

“I believe in duty and being there for people,” he says. “I also believe that people should be trusted to…

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Murphy gets an F

March 4, 2010 at 10:00 pm

No wonder why Bucks County residents are concerned with tax-and-spend issues. They need look no further than their representative, Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8). [Disclosure: I'm working for Republican Mike Fitzpatrick, one of Murphy's potential opponents.]

The Bucks County Courier Times reports that The National Taxpayers Union sent an interesting message to Murphy—you flunked. The NTU is a fiscal watchdog group that includes every roll call vote regarding fiscal policy, appropriations, authorization and…

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Patrick Murphy’s amnesia

March 3, 2010 at 2:58 pm

One of the newspapers of record in Bucks County has pointed out—in not so uncertain terms—that Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8) is having a bit of “amnesia.” I’m not saying it but The Intelligencer editorial board is (disclosure: I work for Mike Fitzpatrick, one of Murphy’s potential Republican opponents). They make strong mention of the fact that Murphy has some of his facts, figures, and percentages wrong.

In addition, Murphy is taking absolute…

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A trip to Camden County

March 1, 2010 at 1:30 pm

While many Lincoln Day dinners were recently rescheduled because of the “blizzard-like conditions” in the area, there was one that went on as scheduled, and without a hitch: the Camden County GOP Lincoln Day dinner.

Suburban Snapshot ventured across the bridge into South Jersey for a productive and fun evening, despite the blizzard, to see what the excitement was all about. In a state that is overwhelmingly Democratic, it was terrific being with a group…

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The brewing battle in the 8th (Updated)

February 24, 2010 at 12:27 pm

CORRECTION APPENDED (See bottom)

TV journalist Larry Kane said this week that the race in the 8th District will be “one of the greatest congressional congressional races in the nation”—and that it will end with a “razor-thin margin.”

I agree, and former Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick will be the one to pull it out over incumbent Democrat Patrick Murphy. [Disclosure: I work for one of Murphy's Republican opponents, former Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick.] Overnight…

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Suburban Snapshot chats with Dick Morris

February 15, 2010 at 1:38 pm

Neither snow, nor rain, nor dark of night—or two back-to-back blizzards—could stop Republicans from gathering for the annual winter state committee meeting in Harrisburg last weekend.

The weekend started Friday with with GOP movers and shakers, state committee members and others milling around the hallways, talking about Harrisburg, Washington, and discussing interesting local news. Candidates, elected officials, local party chairs and rising stars were elbow-to-elbow talking with old friends, chatting up the media and soaking up the…

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Dems bring in the ‘Game-Changer’

January 26, 2010 at 8:55 am

With the recent victories in Virginia, New Jersey and now Massachusetts, you can rest assured that the Obama administration is not taking this quietly. No, the Democrats are not going gently in to that good night. They are working at renewing the luster, passion and deliberate planning that gave Barack Obama his victory just over one year ago.

To that end, the architect of the Obama campaign, David Plouffe, has been called back in to…

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Rage against the machine

January 22, 2010 at 7:15 am

“Rage Against the Machine” is an American rock band. It is also a perfect phrase for what happened in Massachusetts on Tuesday, as the Democratic machine was rocked by a state Senator who happens to drive a truck. And because of Republicans, independents and even some Democrats, this “people’s representative” is heading to Washington to initiate a calm and measured dialogue regarding health care. One thing is crystal clear after Brown’s history-making victory:  Voters don’t…

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A stirring debate in the 8th

January 13, 2010 at 12:00 pm

For any of you who didn’t make the Kitchen Table Patriots’ Debate Forum this week at Council Rock High School in Bucks County, it rocked!

The auditorium had about 800 people who were passionate about their country, their conservative politics, and they wanted to see who could represent them against Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8)

Debate moderator Steve Highsmith, reporter for NBC10 and MyPHL TV questioned all nine candidates—Judith Algeo, Gloria Carlineo, Ira Hoffman, James Jones,…

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