Ed Rendell
When Ed Rendell Gives Up on the Phillies, the Phillies Are in Bad Shape
Ed Rendell has at last come to grips with the brutal mediocrity of the Philadelphia Phillies, and is advising a firesale. (Last month, the eternal […]
Rendell: States Gridlocked Over Abortion While Economies Stagnate
Yesterday’s panel discussion at the National Constitution Center on bipartisanship and civic involvement had most of the typical trappings of panel discussions: A team of […]
Ed Rendell and Wilson Goode, Now Paying Chaka Fattah Jr.’s Legal Bills
Rep. Chaka Fattah’s 30-year-old son Chip has been under investigation by the F.B.I. since 2012, apparently for financial improprieties. (The feds have also shown interest in possible […]
Ed Rendell, Buzz Bissinger, and the Indignity of Having Done It All
It was Tuesday afternoon, April 9, when we realized that something both inevitable and unexpected had occurred: Ed Rendell had finally lost his touch. The […]
Rendell Writes Pro-Fracking Op-Ed, Fails to Mention Enormous Conflict of Interests
Yesterday, Ed Rendell wrote a big pro-fracking op-ed for the new New York Daily News, in an attempt to sway on-the-fence-and-has-presidential-ambitions Andrew Cuomo to approve fracking […]
Former Rendell Consigliere David L. Cohen Backing Tom Corbett in ’14
Comcast VP David L. Cohen, the one-man political machine (and not in the Tammany Hall way) who ran Rendell’s early-days City Hall operations, will be […]
Ed Rendell’s Top 10 Reasons He’s Not Running For New York Mayor
It’s not enough that he’s being mentioned as a future mayor of New York—Ed Rendell is clearly trying to parlay the attention into an appearance […]
Should Ed Rendell Go to D.C.? Or Stay Home to Defeat Tom Corbett? Or Be New York’s Mayor?
One thing Ed Rendell doesn’t lack for is career options. The former governor is being mentioned by National Journal as a candidate for Transportation Secretary […]
Rendell Loves Him, Gay Republicans Hate Him: Obama’s Defense Pick
It looks like Obama’s new Secretary of Defense pick, the former Nebraska Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, is going to face a tough confirmation fight. First, […]
Ed Rendell’s Calling Everybody Wusses Again
Ed Rendell, in his book A Nation of Wusses, calls out politicians for their cowardice on gun control. Today, he reprises the act in a […]
Corbett Has Signed Wayyy More Laws Than Rendell
In a cool new Pennsylvania contest we’ll call “law signing,” Tom Corbett is blowing Eddie Rendell out of the water. In his first legislative session, […]
The Difference Between Nutter and Rendell, in Four Words
In the hours since NRA VP Wayne LaPierre unleashed a looong tirade against his critics this morning (in the form of statement on the Newtown […]
Rendell Weighs in on Conn. Shooting with Five-Point Plan
Ed Rendell’s always been vocal about the need for strong gun control. He’s called for stricter legislation as Mayor, Governor, and most recently as a […]
Ed Rendell Is on the Wrong Side of the Class War
Like pretty much everybody not named Tom Corbett, I like Ed Rendell. A lot. How could you not? He’s big, hairy, loud, part grizzly, part […]
Senator Casey Squashes Beef With Ed Rendell
Former Governor Ed Rendell recently criticized Senator Bob Casey’s campaign for re-election—or, as Rendell perceived, a lack thereof. Casey’s media consultant met Rendell’s criticism head […]