http://www.tribdem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:14:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_021190337.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_021190337.html On this page we will provide links to the candidates who have announced so far. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:57:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_197085906.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_197085906.html Although it’s only July, the race for the state House 71st District has begun.A week after Republican Jim Rigby opened a campaign headquarters in Ferndale Borough, Democrat Bryan Barbin planned a similar ceremony for Monday in Stonycreek Township. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:55:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_197085646.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_197085646.html For the record, the presidential campaigns for Barack Obama and John McCain are agreed that the latest cover of The New Yorker magazine is “tasteless and offensive.” Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:53:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_197085452.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_197085452.html John McCain said Monday that he would support a single legislative bill that would address both border security and the legalization of those now in the country illegally. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:49:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_197085001.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_197085001.html Contending that the U.S. is not pursuing a sound strategy for keeping Americans safe, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama laid out goals Tuesday that he argued would deal with the nation’s most pressing threats. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:50:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_186235101.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_186235101.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:10:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_182091145.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_182091145.html John McCain met Sunday with evangelist Billy Graham and his son, Franklin, at the family’s mountaintop retreat.The Republican presidential candidate, who is actively courting religious voters and trying to reassure skeptical conservatives, visited privately with the Grahams on the grounds of Little Piney Cove in the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina. Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:08:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_170231045.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_170231045.html Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:37:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_166233720.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_166233720.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:03:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_163080332.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_163080332.html Just as in the Democratic presidential primary, Pennsylvania is already a candidate crossroads in the opening salvos of the general election campaign. Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:06:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_159230713.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_159230713.html Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_159190136.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_159190136.html Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:12:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_156091311.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_156091311.html Sen. Barack Obama made history Tuesday night, breaking a political color barrier by winning the Democratic presidential nomination. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:08:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_156090927.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_156090927.html The Democratic presidential nomination his, Barack Obama reached out today to mend fences with his defeated rival as Republican opponent John McCain tried to frame the fall campaign on his own terms. “I think he has exercised very bad judgment on national security issues and others,” McCain said. Sat, 31 May 2008 23:31:00 +0000 http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_152233308.html http://www.tribdem.com/politics/local_story_152233308.html