"I said I would not run [if 5,000 people didn't show] ... but THERE'S SOMETHING WITHIN ME! There's something within me! I gotta keep on going, I gotta keep on pushing. ... I know where I get my strength from ... Take your Bibles and turn to Matthew the fourth chapter. ...The spirit led the Savior to the wilderness .. he was out there 40 days and 40 nights ... then came Satan... 'Get now behind me, Satan! Man does not live by bread alone!' "
"I'm staying in this race. ... but I'm not running a campaign, I'm running a critical revival! ... I'm going to make it possible so your grandfather, your grandparents will feel safe walking down to the corner store"
"All I ask you to do is ... let me put my agenda before the voters, and let the voters make their decision.
Who could be against me? he says.
"I am" says the protestor with the Mohawk and the "Guns N Roses Appetite for Destruction" jacket. (Later he says his name's Larry West, and he's running for mayor, too. Has his own Website, larrywestformayor.com.)
"I've never had a home in Jersey," says Street, who was recently arrested for tickets in New Jersey. "So prepare yourself for the legal battle. I'm going to ask all of them, 'Where did you sleep last night?' "
He talks about his fun side and his spiritual side. "Thank you, God, for a sound mind... I have miracles in my life that you don't know about." Doctors told him he had multiple sclerosis, his mother started praying and he's been walking ever since.
"Hallelujah," says a sarcastic onlooker.
Inquirer reporter Mike Jensen is the college basketball columnist for the Inquirer. Each year, he gives a special insight into the tournament.
Inquirer reporter Jeff McLane is the beat writer for Temple. He will pick the tournament.
Inquirer reporter Tom Fitzgerald will blog about Hillary Clinton's Pa. visits March 10 &11.
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Inquirer reporter Tim Panaccio will write about National Hockey League trade talk. 
Inquirer reporter David Aldridge will live-blog the week before the NBA's trade deadline. 
Peter Mucha began this blog, before moving on to other writing duties.
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