Quick Catch-up On Campaign Trails Before PA Primary
 Thursday, April 17th, 2008



Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama participated in a debate on ABC last night at The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia (transcript here).  Hillary Clinton remains in Pennsylvania today and is hosting a Block Party outside the Mayfair Diner in Philly with her daughter Chelsea today.  Barack Obama has moved on to a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, but will be back in PA tomorrow to hold a Town Hall rally in Williamsport, PA, and another in Philadelphia.




Republican Presidential candidate John McCain was at Villanova University in Philadelphia on Tuesday for MSNBC's "Hardball College Tour" on April 2nd and spent some time in Springfield, PA in March.  On April 15th, the deadline for filing taxes, McCain gave a speech in Pittsburgh, and his campaign simultaneously sent out an e-mail to Republicans titled "Have you filed your taxes?" reminding people to file their income tax (and asking for campaign donations).  He's now moving on to Birmingham, Alabama and Toledo, Ohio leading up to PA's primary.

Fellow Republican presidential contender Ron Paul campaigned in Pittsburgh, Gettysburg, and University Park, Pennsylvania in the past two weeks, and then departed for Baltimore, Maryland where he held a book signing for a crowd of 1,200 supporters. His latest radio ad is running from April 10-22nd in Pennsylvania leading up to their primary.



Now onto the independent party candidates that the media never discusses....In the order in which they appear above:

Constitution Party:  Former Republican Alan Keyes is now running his presidential campaign from the Constitution Party.  The former UN Ambassador under Ronald Reagan discussed his recent break from the GOP at an April 15th rally in Hazleton, PA.  His campaign homepage is playing the video of that speech.

Green Party:  Cynthia McKinney and Kat Swift are both presidential candidates from the Green Party.  McKinney is holding a Free Mumia rally in Philly on April 19th for Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is currently a prisoner at in Waynesburg, PA.  Kat Swift will be attending A Third Party candidates forum on April 18th at Swarthmore Borough Hall in Philadelphia.  She will also be at the Free Mumia Rally on the 19th, and then at the Meet The Candidates event at Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethlehem, PA.

Libertarian Party:  Libertarian candidate Bob Barr will not be campaigning in Pennsylvania - according to his events calendar, he will be in Birmingham, AL on the 19th at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Center.  Mike Gravel spoke at the University of Pennsylvania on April 9th and in Allentown, PA on April 10th.  He will be in Washington and then New Jersey leading up to the PA primary.  Daniel Imperato doesn't appear to have any plans to go to the Keystone state, but is hosting a live webcast on his site at 8pm tonight.  Steve Kubby will also be speaking via YouTube on his site but doesn't have any upcoming events this month.  George Phillies does not have any upcoming events posted.  Wayne Allyn Root does not have any upcoming events before the primary.  Mary Ruwart will be in Lafayette, LA and then Washington.

Independent:  Ralph Nader spoke at Harper College in Palatine, IL this week, and also gave a speech at Illinois State University.  He spoke at Philadelphia's Constitution Center earlier this month.

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