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Salena Zito
Salena Zito is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review editorial page columnist. E-mail her at szito@tribweb.comSubscribe to Salena Zito RSS Article Feed.
Recent Articles
- The D.C. Power Grab That Really Matters - November 17, 2008
- Here is why this fight matters: The chairmanship determines which legislation reaches the House floor, or at least two-thirds of it. That is a lot of power and...
- Practical Change - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - November 15, 2008
- Dr. Dean Laughs Last - November 8, 2008
- Purdue University political scientist Bert Rockman says Dean's "50-state strategy" - compete in every state, regardless of whether it's Republican-red or...
- Closing the Deal in Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - November 1, 2008
- McCain Fights On - October 18, 2008
- Perhaps pundits should start listening more and talking or number-crunching less. Science and stats do not vote, but Wurzelbacher does.The pundits don't listen, however....
- A President Barack Obama - October 11, 2008
- "First of all, let's dismiss any talk of socialism," says Democrat strategist Bob Beckel, who worked in Jimmy Carter's White House with a Democrat-controlled Congress. ...
- A "Dear John" Letter - October 4, 2008
- For your part, you are doing nothing to persuade people to do otherwise.Time to shed the over-handling and carefulness and go at it.A movement is brewing in this...
- Time to "Cowboy Up" to Main Street - September 27, 2008
- Let's hope it stays there.Until now, chin-wagging by the political elite and endless e-mails from the campaigns and the national parties have driven the hour's...
- Race and the Union Vote - September 20, 2008
- It's the kind of statement that Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Bill George does not want to hear."It's a problem," George admits, "but we are in an all-out effort to...
- Can McCain Really Win Pennsylvania? - September 14, 2008
- Since this year's Pennsylvania primaries, many people have been schooled on the mechanics of how Democrats win this state. Call it the "Rendell rule": Stack up high...
- As Pennsylvania Goes... - August 30, 2008
- And "McCain knows, too," says his former top adviser, John Weaver.Weaver thinks the presidential race will be won on a straight line between Lansing, Mich., and...
- Ohio Is Up for Grabs - August 23, 2008
- Steiner is spending the summer working at her cousin's vegetable stand along Route 14; the vegetables and fruit lining the table would make a boutique market blush with...
- No Sinking Feeling About Hillary - August 16, 2008
- Democrat delegate expert Mark Siegel says the lead-up to this convention has nothing on the unrepentant battle between Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy in 1980."Kennedy...
- McCain Forgetting the First Rule of Fight Club - August 2, 2008
- Instead, his campaign is all about his opponent. "He himself is reinforcing that this campaign is all about Obama," says Democratic strategist Mark Siegel. "His...
- Shut Up and Surrogate - July 12, 2008
- Despite grueling hours and a complete lack of sleep, candidates and their wives know, now more than ever, to measure their words. But what about the campaign...
- Weighing the Polls - July 5, 2008
- "All polls are not created equally," says Republican pollster Neil Newhouse. "How a poll is conducted and its attention to detail is extraordinarily important."Newhouse...
- It's Obama's to Win -- Or Lose - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - June 28, 2008
- Can Dean Win It For the Dems? - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - June 21, 2008
- The Obama (Political) Makeover - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - May 24, 2008
- Elite Democrats Lose - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - April 19, 2008
- Clinton Counts on Delegate Math - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - April 12, 2008
- Rendell-Casey, Round 2 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - April 5, 2008