I hear a lot of criticism of Mayor Ravenstahl, but despite that he keeps soldiering on. First, it was a really gutsy move to formally propose merging with Allegheny County, and now he’s out front and center for Hillary. He’s still called a kid though, even by people who don’t mean it punitively.

In a makeshift auditorium on the banks of the Monongahela River, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton assembled her team of Pennsylvania power brokers. They sat in the front row behind a velvet rope, dressed in dark suits and waving at the crowd. There was the Pennsylvania governor, the county commissioner, a handful of major chief executives . . . and a kid they called Luke.  read more »