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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. (credit: Jeff Zelevansky/ Getty Images)

Poll: Gov. Christie’s Favorability Rating Higher Among Democrats Than Republicans

The Gallup poll was conducted from June 1-4 and assessed the image of five Republicans who could run for President in the next election.

2013/06/18

(Philadelphia controller Alan Butkovitz. File photo by Mike DeNardo)

In 2013 Pa. Primary, Most Action In The Cities

In Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary, most of the action will be in Democrat-controlled cities: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Scranton and Harrisburg.

2013/05/19

Some Pa GOP Senators Get Behind Medicaid Expansion

Several Republican members of the Pennsylvania Senate now indicate they support expanding Medicaid eligibility, but a spokesman for the Senate majority leader says it won’t matter much if the governor doesn’t get behind it.

2013/03/17

Supreme Court Upholds Obama's Affordable Care Act

Governor Corbett Negotiating The Politics Of Medicaid

Pennsylvania’s Governor Corbett has not embraced the promise of generous federal funding for a massive Medicaid expansion under President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care law.

2013/02/17

US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Speaker of the House John Boehner listen as US President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in January 2012. (Credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Analysis: State Of The Union Comes At Critical Time

One thing is certain: when the President talks, the Democrats will cheer, the Republicans will be polite. It’s how many times that both sides applaud that will tell you if real compromise is possible.

2013/02/12

(NJ governor Chris Christie, in file photo. Credit: Scott Olson/ Getty Images)

Survey: 79% Of New Jersey Voters Approve Of Gov. Christie’s Performance

Wednesday’s poll shows the New Jersey Republican’s positives outweigh his negatives among Democrats, independents and women.

2013/01/23

Pa. Senator Proposes Eliminating State’s ‘Winner Take All’ Electoral College System

A top state lawmaker is again pushing the idea of changing the way Pennsylvania awards its electoral votes in presidential elections.

2012/12/04

U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Opinion: The Fourteenth Amendment Solution

Speaker John Boehner believes he holds a strong hand in fiscal cliff and debt limit talks. He is, once again, taking the global economy hostage and playing politics with the U.S. debt limit.

2012/11/29

Barack Obama (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Opinion: My2K

Obama is hoping to promote the discussion of the Bush tax cut extensions by getting people hooked on the topic and by getting them to use the #My2K hashtag on Twitter.

2012/11/29

Liberal pundit Rachel Maddow (Photo by Ron Hoskins/Getty Images)

Opinion: Why Do The Liberals Keep Complaining?

Liberals and their ilk obviously won the executive branch of the United States government for another four years with the reelection of President Barack Obama, but they still pick fights as much as they did before the election – if not more.

2012/11/21

Stigall Show Log 11.22.12

Chris analyzes how he thinks Republicans need to adjust their presence inside of popular culture to win future elections and Marco Rubio’s answer to a question on the age of the earth. He talks to CBS Military Analyst Mike Lyons about the tensions in the Middle East, Tom McGrath from the Philly Post, Actor Charles Grodin and hosts the Piazza Pet of the Week.

Talk Radio 1210 WPHT–2012/11/21

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) (Photo by Steve Pope/Getty Images)

Opinion: ‘I’m Not A Scientist, Man’ And The GOP’s War On Reason

If Republicans, as a political party, continue this hostility toward science then they do not understand the driving force that science and innovation play in our economy. It also is another proof point in the case that Democrats made about Republican math not adding up.

2012/11/20