I bring you good news from Montgomery County, PA!

[PCIntern]

You can go to Philly.com and peruse the articles, but the funny stuff is in The Main Line Times, a RW rag, which almost can't bring itself to say that we've gone from a far RW county to a centrist/slightly lefty (w/respect to social issues) area.

More mainstream article:

http://ambler.patch.com/articles/shapiro-richards-win-election-to-board-of-commissioners

RW rag:
http://www.mainlinemedianews.com/

[BillStein]

1. Greetings from Delco!

and congrats to Mayor Nutter- a good man caught in an impossible situation

[October]

2. Congrats! Unfortunately, here in Bucks County, PA, the repubs retained control. :( /nt

[PCIntern]

3. Many years ago,

my mother was asked to run for office as the sacrificial Dem. She refused...said she wouldn't get 37 votes in the whole Solebury Twp. in Bucks Cty.

[WinkyDink]

5. Interesting, given the gay population around New Hope (in Solebury Twsp).

[PCIntern]

7. Almost all RWers in the 60's when I lived there...

"Get your hands out of my wallet and your eyes out of my bedroom."

[October]

8. Agree, but demographics changed with the development of a few "neighborhoods."

Still, there is a lot of Gay pride and support. The high school kids have a yearly Walk to benefit Aids/HiV, there is an annual parade (all the straight families participate and the school is also encouraged), arts and galleries abound... Quite a mix, and it works. Merchants (who tend to be anti-residents and pro-tourists) have become quite involved, politically -- and they tend to be republican.

[woo me with science]

4. Excellent news. nt

[RobinA]

6. This Montco Resident

can't get too excited about this outcome. I was happy some Dems were making progress in this county until about a month ago when I sat down to look at what they were running on. They may call themselves Democrats, but I see NO evidence that they actually are. They appear to be to the right of Obama.