As Democrats struggle to net 25 seats and win back the House majority in November, no single state reflects the party’s challenges more than Pennsylvania. … But if the southeastern corner of the Keystone State has started to resemble New Jersey and Connecticut, Western Pennsylvania increasingly looks like West Virginia […] Read more »
Swing State Storm Clouds for Obama and Romney Alike
The latest round of Quinnipiac University swing state polls released this morning offer as much to frighten as cheer both President Obama and Mitt Romney. In that way, they capture the crosswinds that today point toward a closely fought, sharply polarized, and probably highly negative, campaign through November. [cont.] Ron […] Read more »
PA: Gov. Corbett’s low poll numbers not unprecedented
After a year and a half as governor, he already was being mocked by his Harrisburg foes as “One-Term Tom.” How could he possibly get reelected? … The year was 1996, and the governor was Tom Ridge. … In fact, all three of [Tom] Corbett’s predecessors – Ed Rendell, Ridge, and […] Read more »
Romney’s Economic Reach Threatens Obama
… In the Pennsylvania poll Quinnipiac released today … college-educated whites in Pennsylvania picked Romney over the president as most likely to improve the economy by a resounding 55 percent to 38 percent. … Obama’s decline on that question with white collar whites in Pennsylvania is ominous because he ran […] Read more »