They booed Santa Claus,J.D. Drew and Ronald McDonald. Once again Philly fans show their judgment and loudly boo Sarah Palin.

I spoke with voter registration at 11:30 tonight and they had about 20,000 registrations today in Philadelphia.

From the Daily News

Murphy's Law: Do not root for the Giants

The U.S. House on Wednesday passed the following resolution: “Congratulating the National Football League champion New York Giants for winning Super Bowl XLII and completing one of the most remarkable postseason runs in professional sports history.”

The vote was 412-1. The one was Bucks County ’s Patrick Murphy, D-Pa.

“As a former 700-level security guard and lifelong Eagles fan, I couldn’t, in good conscience, vote for our rival Giants,” Murphy said yesterday. “The only thing worse would have been congratulating the Dallas Cowboys.”

A man, alone, standing up for what’s right.

Union members will begin to gather at the Sheet Metal Workers Hall on Columbus Blvd. and Washington Ave. at 8 a.m. Pat Eiding, president of the Philadelphia AFL-CIO, will kick off the speaking program at 9 a.m.

This year, we’ll be joined by Pennsylvania AFL-CIO President Bill George and National AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. On Labor Day, President Sweeney will kick off the AFL-CIO's campaign for health care for all.

So, whether you come to march or simply watch the parade, come out Monday to celebrate our union movement.

PARADE DETAILS:
Sheet Metal Workers Local 19
1301 S. Columbus Blvd.
Monday, Sept. 3
Gather: 8 a.m.
Program: 9 a.m
Parade: 10 a.m.

FESTIVAL DETAILS:
Penn's Landing Great Plaza
Market St. and Columbus Blvd.
Monday, Sept. 3
11 a.m.--3 p.m.

Call 215-665-9800 or go to www.phillyunions.com

On Sunday Chris Satullo wrote an article on the unintended consequences of the campaign finance law. http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20070422_Center_Square___Goo-goos_s.... The lack of reaction on this site is deafening. As Jim Kenney warned this is what would happen. The hardest thing to know is the law of unintended consequences.

The article in essence says:
"The real story seems to be that one spendaholic millionaire with minimal public-service credentials can buy himself City Hall with an avalanche of TV ads. Here's the killer for the goo-goos: The other candidates, all serious men of fine résumé, claim they can't fight back because our stupid campaign rules hamstring them.

Say it ain't so, Zack."

As Satullo says to those who worken with Knox "Man up" Tell what you know and don't let this guy buy the election.

Any second thoughts on Jim Kenney's bill?

The Supreme Court vacated the Commonwealth Court's order and placed Greg Paulmier back on the ballot. The 8th District, as always, should be interesting. There should be some fallout over who Paulmier supports in his Ward for At Large and the row offices. The endorsement has already gone to Miller. With so many candidates it seems Miller has gotten stronger.

I put this on the front page because it's pretty crazy news. -Ray

The latest challenge information is Greg Paulmier and Jesse Brown are out, Carol Campbell and Curtis Jones, in the 4th are in. The challenge against Dan Savage was withdrawn

This is all second hand so do not quote me.

The May ballot will contain a question on the Iraq War. the voters will be able to express their position on this war. The vote was 3-2 to put this on the ballot. The three votes were Campbell, Greenlee and Savage. These were the three so-called "Party bosses" that were elected in the special election.

Apparently the most heartfelt endorsement of this initiative came from Dan Savage, whose Uncle and namesake, was killed in Viet Nam. He said if his Grandmother was still alive she would be against this war.