Mar. 13, Headlines - The Democratic campaigns head to Pennsylvania. Hillary
Clinton's campaign is attempting to focus the media's attention on this state,
hoping to over-emphasize the importance of big states. Meanwhile, the Obama
campaign says Pennsylvania is just one of ten states and territories left,
which have four times as many delegates combined as Pennsylvania.
Geraldine
Ferraro resigns from Hillary Clinton's campaign. A fire storm erupted after
she said Barack Obama is in the spot he's in, a the potential Democratic nominee,
because he's black. She reiterated those remarks to several media outlets.
The
Democratic party is not any closer to solving Michigan and Florida's orphaned
delegates.
Florida members of the House of Representatives say they oppose
any sort of mail in election or do-over. Senator Bill
Nelson seemed to disagree
with the House's position, saying something needs to be done and another election
might have to happen.
New York Governor Elliot Spitzer resigns amid allegations
that he is part of a prostitution ring. His replacement is Lt.
GovernorDavid
Paterson. Paterson will be the first African American Governor of the state,
he's legally blind. When he assumes office on Monday, he will have a 4 billion
dollar state deficit.
And euthanasia advocate and practitioner Dr.
Jack Kevorkian might be running for Congress in Michigan. He told the Oakland Press, a local
Michigan paper that he's thinking about it and that he'll have more on it next
week.
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