Flags at half-staff for Peace Officers Memorial Day in the US

Flags are flying at half mast throughout the United States today as government offices and state facilities paid their respects to Police who have fallen in the line of duty for Peace Officers Memorial Day.While police officers actually have a statistically high death rate,...

Rendell: Race Factor Could Hurt Obama

"HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Ed Rendell, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most visible supporters, said some white Pennsylvanians are likely to vote against her rival Barack Obama because he is black."

Kean, Menendez keep sprinting

"In a final weekend push in New Jersey's combative Senate race, Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez and Republican challenger Tom Kean Jr. motivated their party faithful yesterday across the Garden State." With a day to go before the polls open across the country, the only...

Iraq is central issue in close congressional races

"Right to the end, U.S. Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick and his Democratic challenger, Patrick Murphy, confronted the dominant issue of the midterm elections in their tight battle for the Eighth Congressional District: Iraq." With a day to go before the polls open across the...

A final weekend to focus the voters

"INQUIRER STAFF WRITER From early morning to late afternoon yesterday, Democrats were rolling through southeast Pennsylvania on one great big happy bus tour." So here you are at an online news site where the stories are generated by its readers. Maybe you have a cell phone...

Pennsylvania: Santorum ends up swinging, Casey unswerving

Nasty. See below the links for an alternative. "Democrat Bob Casey Jr. plays Oprah to Sen. Rick Santorum's blunt-talking Dr. Phil - one more prosaic, the other primal scream. From the stump speeches to the TV ads - even their wardrobes - Pennsylvania's Senate candidates are...

Negative is how N.J. voters feel about campaign

Politics can be such a dirty, vicious business...where's the sense of democracy as the highest expression of civilized discourse? Please read below for NowPublic's Snap The Vote alternative. "Liar. Dimwit. Crook. Thug. All these slights, by inference if not directly, have...

New Jersey: Snap The Vote!

So here you are at an online news site where the stories are generated by its readers. Maybe you have a cell phone with a camera, or a digital camera in your pocket. On Tuesday, what's preventing you from going out to vote with your mind made up and your camera at the...

Pennsylvania: A wounded Weldon cuts TV advertising

This has been a particularly bloody battle for Republican Curt Weldon. See more below - looking for people who might have been at Weldon rallies and have pictures. "U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon has canceled most of his television advertising through Election Day, a sign that the...

New Jersey: Newspaper is cleared of running a biased ad

The news biz makes a lot of money during elections - and sometimes run afoul of the rules. But in this case, the FEC ruled the Scranton Times-Trib was clean. More below. "The Scranton Times-Tribune did not violate election law when it published a faux headline in an...

New Jersey: Kean says Menendez subject of crime probe

Who says corruption is a Democratic stick? "While Sen. Robert Menendez sought to align himself Friday with a former New Jersey politician known for his clean reputation, Republican Tom Kean Jr., his opponent in the U.S. Senate race, renewed his claim that Menendez is the...

Pennsylvania: Judges refuse to help Spanish-speaking voters in Philadelphia

This has been a nasty issue and coming on the eve of the election is bound to raise tempers. "A three-judge panel on Friday refused to appoint observers for Tuesday's election as a remedy for what the Justice Department called the city's abysmal record of meeting its...

New Jersey: Corzine's approval ratings climb in new poll

NJ voters are taking a close look at the governor's race...and a new poll offers some insights into the outcome. "Nearly 60 percent of likely New Jersey voters approve of Jon S. Corzine's performance as governor despite tax increases, a budget dispute and pessimism among...