http://purplestatepundit.com/blog Political Commentary from the Other Side of the Potomac Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:43:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sorry for the lack of updates...between work and volunteering for the campaign I have been pretty busy. This past weekend I went out canvassing for Obama, Mark Warner, and Jim Moran in Arlington through the Arlington Democrats' coordinated campaign. It was the first time I had gone canvassing in Arlington, though ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/turning-virginia-blue/ I went to West Virginia Sunday with one of my coworkers to campaign for Obama. We went to Martinsburg, which is in the northeastern tip of the state, near the area where West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania all come together. For a Jewish girl who grew up in New Jersey, ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/on-the-ground-in-martinsburg-wv/ I know there has been a lot of back and forth already about Clinton's "hard working whites" comment, but I'm hoping to provide a balanced, civil approach. First, I want to say that I don't think she was trying to imply that black people are not hard-working. If anything, I think ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/why-clintons-comments-on-hard-working-whites-are-not-offensive-and-why-they-are/ As promised, here is my latest canvassing report. I drove up from DC this morning and arrived at the Obama headquarters in Wynnewood, PA, right outside Philadelphia, around 2 PM. They sent me to Narberth, which is in Montgomery County, less than 10 minutes from Philly. As I said in ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/narberth-pa-canvassing-report-what-a-difference-two-weeks-makes/ I was registered in New Jersey in 2004, and Kerry had the nomination sewn up long before I got to vote. Only a handful of states really got a genuine choice in the primaries in 2004, and nobody complained about it. I had volunteered for Dean for almost a year, getting ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/i-supported-dean-for-a-year-and-i-never-got-to-vote-for-him/ I'm not planning to use my blog to regularly hit my readers up for money, but I am pretty excited right now! I cross-posted the previous post at DailyKos and it made the rec list, and I got over $4,000 in contributions to my personal fundraising page. Who wants to ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/we-raised-over-4000-for-obama/ Call me crazy, but I believe it's quite possible. Obama hinted last week that his fundraising has slowed down from its record pace in February, and we know that Clinton raised at least $5 million right after March 4. In addition to the online surge following March 4, it's likely that ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/could-clinton-outraise-obama-in-march/ Senator Leahy (D-VT) supports Obama, but he may have done more harm than good on Friday when he called for Senator Clinton to drop out of the race. One theme throughout this primary season has been that Clinton seems to do best when her back is up against the wall. When ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/leahys-call-for-clinton-to-drop-out-might-hurt-obama/ I'm a little shaken up from a conversation I just had. My roommate's parents are staying with us for the weekend, and when I got home they were watching the news. They were very nice to me at first, but when I mentioned that I might be going to Philly ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/apparently-its-not-just-uneducated-people-who-think-obama-is-a-muslim/ I posted my account of last weekend at Daily Kos last week, but I thought it made sense to post it here too, now that a few people are actually reading this blog. I grew up in the Philadelphia area and went to high school in Montgomery County, right outside the ... http://purplestatepundit.com/blog/election08/on-the-ground-in-the-philadelphia-suburbs/