Hamilton Jay,
I’d love to believe you, buddy, but it’s not what I’m seeing and hearing. I can’t find one single, solitary poll in PA that shows McCain even within four points of BHO. Some even show him behind by double digits!
And if it was just about the polls, I might be skeptical. But it’s not. My best friend from college lives outside of New Hope. He said it’s over if what he’s seeing is true. He’s seeing way more BHO signs than Bush and Kerry signs combined from four years back.
And my old girlfriend, who is from small town western PA—with a solid Republican family that isn’t above making occasional “N-Word” jokes—said she’s now voting for BHO (I screamed at her on the phone) and that her mother and sister are too! (Her dad and brother, who love to hunt, are sticking with McCain but even they admit that they don’t like him that much.) She also said that lots of people who voted for Hillary and swore they’d never vote for BHO are now changing their mind because they’re scared about McCain possibly going after their SS and medicare.
So, these are just anecdotes, but these people are ones who would normally be 100% for ANY Republican. I wish McCain wouldn’t be putting so much emphasis on PA. It’s not a good return on investment. He should have been concentrating completely on just holding Bush’s states from 2004. PA is way too much of a long shot. Michigan might have been even better.
