Opinion: XM satellite radio has a steak in Pennsylvania’s primary

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No stuffy studio in Washington for the political coverage team over at XM Satellite Radio’s all-politics POTUS 08 channel.

On Tuesday, the day of the next crucial primary vote for Democrats, Pennsylvania’s, they’re gonna set themselves up at a patio table outside the South Philly institution of Pat’s King of Steaks.

From there for most of Tuesday, anchors Joe Mathieu and Rebecca Roberts will be talking with politicians, political observers and just regular folks who stop by for, you guessed, one of Pat’s famous Philly cheesesteaks.

The 24-hour political channel has become a must-listen for the nation’s political junkies this year. But talking on-the-air about Philly cheesesteaks for the rest of us elsewhere may be carrying temptation a bit too far.

--Andrew Malcolm