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    Lynn Swan GOP Candidate for PA governorship

    I wonder what kind of politician he will be. Has anybody heard him speak? He was very good for ABC Sports for so long as a sportscaster.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/11/AR2006021101076.html


    Former Steeler Swann Wins GOP Nod for Pa. Governor

    Associated Press
    Sunday, February 12, 2006; Page A04

    HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 11 -- Pennsylvania's Republican Party leaders endorsed former Pittsburgh Steelers star Lynn Swann for governor Saturday, virtually guaranteeing that he will be the candidate to face Democratic incumbent Ed Rendell this fall.

    "I haven't cried this much since I was inducted into the Hall of Fame," Swann told the applauding crowd as he wiped tears from his eyes.

    Swann, 53, was unopposed for the endorsement, which came in a unanimous voice vote during a meeting of the 300-plus-member Republican State Committee at a downtown hotel.

    Swann is seeking to become Pennsylvania's first black governor. Though he has revealed little about his political philosophy, he has said the Democratic Party has "taken the African American vote for granted."

    The Republican State Committee also endorsed Jim Matthews, the brother of the host of MSNBC's "Hardball With Chris Matthews," for lieutenant governor.
    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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      Rendell has ~$30 million on hand (compared to IIRC, Swan's ~$3 million), and a strong turnout machine in Philly. And he's not in the same party as Santorum. The polls (i.e. Rasmussen) show a suprisingly close election right now, but I think that'll change as November approaches and disaffected liberals fall in line (for instance, Rendell announced support for Alito's nomination).
      "Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
      -Bokonon

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