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Midge Rendell: 5 Facts on Pa.'s Former First Lady and Ed's Soon-to-Be Ex
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsIn an e-mail sent to friends today, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and his wife, Midge, announced they are separating after 40 years of marriage. NBC Philadelphia reports the couple called the split "amicable" and asked their friends to continue inviting both of them to social events. Surge Desk has learned more about Marjorie "Midge" Rendell, whose impressive career has earned slightly less recognition than the former governor's. 1. She has a distinguished legal and civic record Midge Rendell became a U.S. District Court judge in 1994, then joined the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in ...
Ed Rendell, Former Democratic Governor, Signs On as NBC Analyst
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyWithin days of the departure of controversial talk show host Keith Olbermann, NBC News announced Tuesday that former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, a blunt-spoken, partisan Democrat, has signed on with the network as a political analyst. Rendell, who recently completed two terms as governor and also served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will start immediately at NBC News and its sister cable channel, MSNBC, the network said. "Gov. Rendell has never been afraid to share his thoughtful analysis on national and local issues and he couldn't be a better fit for NBC News," said ...
Is Ed Rendell Right When He Says China Is 'Kicking Our Butt'?
By Dave Thier - AOL NewsDoes Beijing have our number? Ed Rendell certainly thinks so. During a rant in which the Pennsylvania governor criticized the NFL for postponing Sunday's Vikings-Eagles game until today because of the monster blizzard, he also said the league's decision reflected a broader lack of toughness in the country. "We've become a nation of wusses. The Chinese are kicking our butt in everything," he said in an interview with a Philadelphia radio station. "If this was in China, do you think the Chinese would have called off the game? People would have been marching down to the stadium, they would have ...
Postponing Eagles vs. Vikings: The 'Wussification of America'
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyTuesday night, the Philadelphia Eagles host the Minnesota Vikings in a game that should have been played on Sunday. Instead, the game was postponed because of a so-called blizzard that was expected to hit Philly. (Officially, 12.4 inches of snow were measured at the airport there.) Lamenting the "wussification of America," Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (apparently one of the few "John Waynes" left out there) probably put it best when he noted, "Vince Lombardi would be spinning in his grave." He also added: "If this was China, do you think the Chinese would have called off the game?" If this ...
East Digs Out From Blizzard; Travelers Struggle Home
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsThe East Coast dug out and travelers struggled to get home from the holiday today after a monster snowstorm walloped the region, disrupting transportation and stranding people in planes, trains and automobiles, not to mention in buses. Though the worst of the storm was over by late this morning, a swath of heavy snow and slick, sometimes impassable roads made flying, driving and even taking the train difficult if not impossible. More than 7,000 flights were canceled nationwide, The Associated Press reported. Blizzard warnings were in effect from the Carolinas to New England through early ...
Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania Governor, Rips Vikings-Eagles Postponement
By FanHouse Staff - AOL NewsThere's been no shortage of criticism surrounding the NFL's decision to postpone the Vikings-Eagles game to Tuesday despite massive snowfall hitting the Northeast. On Monday, criticism came from the governor of Pennsylvania himself. "Vince Lombardi would be spinning in his grave," Ed Rendell said in a live interview with a television station. Despite concern about the level of snow and how it would affect those traveling to the game, Rendell was strongly opposed to the delay. "I think it is a joke," Rendell said. "I was looking forward to this. It would have been a real experience. This is ...
Obama Pushes Infrastructure Overhaul to Create Jobs, Boost Efficiency
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyCalling America's system of roads, rails and runways "woefully inefficient" and "outdated," President Obama met Monday with mayors and governors and proposed a multi-billion-dollar program to rebuild the crumbling infrastructure and jump-start job creation. The program, the president noted, would "be fully paid for. It will not add to our deficit over time." Speaking to the media in the Rose Garden after his meeting, Obama reiterated many of the points first outlined in his Labor Day speech in Milwaukee, Wis. earlier this year, at which he called for the rebuilding of 150,000 miles of road, ...
Opinion: Memo to Dems -- Tea Party Attacks Won't Fly
By Bernie Goldberg - AOL News(Sept. 24) -- "Obama Advisers Weigh Ad Assault Against the G.O.P" was the early page-one headline in The New York Times the other day. Ah, but this wasn't just any old "ad assault." No, this one was an assault against the dreaded tea party. The goal, according to the story, would be to "cast the Republican Party as all but taken over by Tea Party extremists." The White House denied the story (and the Times later tweaked the headline), but you just know it was true. I may not like the liberal tendencies of The New York Times, but they don't simply make up stories over there. Besides, on the ...
Pa. Gov. 'Appalled' at State's Tracking of Peaceful Activists
By Mara Gay - AOL News(Sept. 15) -- Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell says he is "appalled" that gay pride parades, taxpayer rallies and peaceful protests against oil giant BP all became the target of anti-terrorism bulletins distributed by a state agency. "I am deeply embarrassed, and I apologize to any of the groups who had this information disseminated on their right to peacefully protest," the governor told reporters Tuesday evening. The bulletins were issued by the state's Department of Homeland Security, but Rendell said he learned about them from a news story in The Patriot-News of Harrisburg this week. ...
Who Has What It Takes to Replace Rahm Emanuel?
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Sept. 8) -- Let the guessing game begin. The news that Chicago "Mayor for Life" Richard Daley would not run for a seventh term was a shocker. Instant speculation that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, a former congressman from Chicago, may step down to run for the job was not. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs hinted that a mayoral run could be in Emanuel's future. "Something like that doesn't come around a lot," Gibbs told reporters, suggesting there could be turnover at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. after the midterm election. Pete Souza, The White House Chief of Staff Rahm ...
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