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Is Pennsylvania In Play?

Big bob3 Wrote: Oct 12, 2012 12:17 PM
As a point of comparison, I was in Wisconsin 2 weeks prior to the recall this past spring. Polls had it running very tight and some even has Walker losing. However, there was a level of anger just under the surface there that was palpable, but did not show up in the polls. They were livid at how the anarchists had trashed the capitol. While not showing up in the polls, that anger certainly was manifest in the actual election. Now, we don't have a similar point of anger here, other than a complete screwing of the economy. Yet, I think people in PA are very VERY angry at what Obama and team have done, right up to the most recent debacle in Bengazi. Remember, we cling to our guns and Bibles.

Pennsylvania has not voted for a Republican presidential nominee in 24 years, when George H.W. Bush carried the state narrowly in 1988.  In subsequent cycles, the Keystone State frequently felt like 'the one that got away' for Republicans; polling would look close and tightening in October, only to go blue in November, thanks to Democrats' formidable firewall in Greater Philadelphia.  This year, it appeared that Pennsylvania wouldn't even be in the conversation for the GOP ticket.  Barack Obama won the state by double-digits in 2008, and numerous public opinion polls showed the president maintaining -- or even expanding -- his...

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