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Campaign ad: Olivia Nutter on public schools

The delightfully simple, effective and well-received campaign advertisement supporting Michael Nutter. The catch, of course, is that Michael doesn’t say much at all, but rather his daughter Olivia, who boasts being the only child of any of the other candidates for mayor to be in a public school, does the talking.

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Interview: Karen Kaufmann, University of Maryland associate professor of government and politics

Today, I got the chance to briefly sit down with Karen Kaufmann, an associate professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland and author of the Urban Voter, which I may likely use to frame a portion of my final paper.

It was the first interview of my thesis, for which I expect to do many, and a fine start, indeed.

The effects of national politics in the local scene

Photo courtesy of JFK Library.

Eight years next month, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton was stumping for then-outgoing City Council President John F. Street in his bid to become Philadelphia’s next mayor, as election day was nearing and Street was facing hot competition from Republican challenger Sam Katz.

Rallying at LaSalle University, Street at his side, Clinton campaigned vigorously.

I want you to know I came here not as President to tell you how to vote. But I hope you will listen to me as someone who has tried to be a good friend to Philadelphia.”

Clinton was known to have a good relationship with Ed Rendell, who had left just before his mayoral term expired to serve as chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

But, in an article by the New York Times, Clinton noted his uncertainty on the power national political leaders can exert on local elections.

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