Comments on: McCain Going for Pennsylvania http://www.poligazette.com/2008/10/21/mccain-going-for-pennsylvania/ Because Common Sense Transcends Distance Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:18:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michael Merritt http://www.poligazette.com/2008/10/21/mccain-going-for-pennsylvania/comment-page-1/#comment-74085 Michael Merritt Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:47:20 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=7716#comment-74085 I'm kind of with fester.  Although McCain would look good being in Penn, he definitely needs states he knows he has a chance in. Obviously, if McCain can afford it, all states he can afford and are not winning should be fair game.  But I hope McCain isn't really focusing on Penn completely.  That would be a terrible mistake. I’m kind of with fester.  Although McCain would look good being in Penn, he definitely needs states he knows he has a chance in.

Obviously, if McCain can afford it, all states he can afford and are not winning should be fair game.  But I hope McCain isn’t really focusing on Penn completely.  That would be a terrible mistake.

]]> By: fester http://www.poligazette.com/2008/10/21/mccain-going-for-pennsylvania/comment-page-1/#comment-74004 fester Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:39:24 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=7716#comment-74004 Speaking as a Western Pennsylvanian, this move makes almost no sense to me.  I am seeing some internal documents that suggests the PA race is a little closer, or at least a lot softer of an Obama lead than most of the public polling suggests (McCain has growth potential in the traditional Republican base area of the "T" and Appalachia), but I have seen jack squat on GOP GOTV operations, and the Congressional candidates are in every man for themselves mode right now. This does not make a lot of sense to me... Speaking as a Western Pennsylvanian, this move makes almost no sense to me.  I am seeing some internal documents that suggests the PA race is a little closer, or at least a lot softer of an Obama lead than most of the public polling suggests (McCain has growth potential in the traditional Republican base area of the “T” and Appalachia), but I have seen jack squat on GOP GOTV operations, and the Congressional candidates are in every man for themselves mode right now.

This does not make a lot of sense to me…

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