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Did Obama Just Lose Pennsylvania?
The Patriot Room ^ | September 23, 2008 | Bill Dupray

Posted on 09/23/2008 1:03:27 PM PDT by Bill Dupray

Today we have the Post talking about bitter voters in small towns in Pennsylvania, Joe Biden trashing a major state industry, and a pollster desperately trying to hide the fact that McCain may actually be leading in Obama's biggest must-win state.

(Excerpt) Read more at patriotroom.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 2008; biden; bitter; coal; economicpolicy; elections; energypolicy; nobama08; obama; obamabiden; pennsylvania

1 posted on 09/23/2008 1:03:28 PM PDT by Bill Dupray
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To: Bill Dupray

with VPs like that who needs VPs?


2 posted on 09/23/2008 1:04:18 PM PDT by Ancient Drive
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To: Bill Dupray

Obama is sure trying hard to lose PA. I emailed Biden’s video to the UMWA offices. I come from a long line of coal miners, my Dad is one, my grandfather was one, and my great grand father was one. A long line of Democrats too. I’ve never voted for any Democrat except for Agricultural commissioner. My Dad and Mom usually vote Republican for President if not for the lower offices.


3 posted on 09/23/2008 1:06:37 PM PDT by Maelstorm (This country was not founded with the battle cry "Give me liberty or give me a government check!")
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To: Bill Dupray

....better get the Man Child a teleprompter so he can find out himself


4 posted on 09/23/2008 1:06:43 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Bill Dupray

Biggest Presidential blunder since Ford and the Soviet Union.


5 posted on 09/23/2008 1:06:47 PM PDT by Onerom99
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To: Bill Dupray

Obama, while in San Fran - and what he thought was a closed door fundraising event so the no one could hear his words - said that PA voters were bitter voters clinging to guns and God.

That gave us insight into what Obama thinks of PA and small-town voters.

Many PA voters know this...


6 posted on 09/23/2008 1:10:02 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist (Keep working! Welfare cases and their liberal enablers are counting on you!)
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To: Bill Dupray

That is a great breakdown of the poorly weighted polling so far, and McCain taking the 50+ vote in a state that is senior Citizen heavy is no small thing.

This should be fun!


7 posted on 09/23/2008 1:10:12 PM PDT by padre35 (Sarah Palin is the one we've been waiting for..Rom 10.10..)
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To: Bill Dupray

Fauxbama had lost PA before the primaries were over, its just now pundents from outside the state are starting to realize it.


8 posted on 09/23/2008 1:11:11 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: padre35

I wonder if the polling company ARG is based in Chicago. Sounds dirty enough.


9 posted on 09/23/2008 1:12:28 PM PDT by Bill Dupray
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To: Bill Dupray

Obama on Joe: “Joe is so smart, so experienced, that he doesn’t need no teleprompter or even a writer.”


10 posted on 09/23/2008 1:12:42 PM PDT by Sacajaweau (I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
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To: Bill Dupray

11 posted on 09/23/2008 1:14:31 PM PDT by Petronski (Please pray for the success of McCain and Palin. Every day, whenever you pray.)
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To: Bill Dupray

Joe Biden bitterly clings to his outdated socialism and tired environmentalist dogma.


12 posted on 09/23/2008 1:15:20 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo (You can put lipstick on a donkey, but it's still just a jackass.)
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To: Bill Dupray

He lost it the day he said “bitter clingers”, along with another couple of states, Philly won’t have enough fraud to cover the bitter clingers.


13 posted on 09/23/2008 1:17:42 PM PDT by word_warrior_bob (You can now see my amazing doggie and new puppy on my homepage!! Come say hello to Jake & Sonny)
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To: Bill Dupray

Obama needs to order a cheese steak wit Swiss cheese, STAT.


14 posted on 09/23/2008 1:18:18 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Pontius Pilate voted "Present")
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To: word_warrior_bob

when he blurted out “bitter clingers”

he woke up the sleeping giant in the mainland.


15 posted on 09/23/2008 1:25:17 PM PDT by Ancient Drive
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To: Bill Dupray

What pollster is covering up good McCain news in Pa?


16 posted on 09/23/2008 1:27:52 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (Just say NObama!)
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To: Petronski

The MAVERICK, the PITBULL and the PUMA have their teeth sunk into Pennsylvania and they will not let go until Nov. 4 (or later).


17 posted on 09/23/2008 1:31:02 PM PDT by unspun (Tell the truth about Obama to all you know.)
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To: Bill Dupray

But dont underestimate Philadelphia!!! Philadelphia has more legitimate Dead and Nonexistant Voters for the DEMORAT Machine than the rest of the Nation combined:-)


18 posted on 09/23/2008 1:32:58 PM PDT by NOBAMA in 08 ( OBIE HUSSEIN IS AN EMPTY SUIT with NO Redeeming Value!)
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To: Maelstorm
"I come from a long line of coal miners, my Dad is one, my grandfather was one, and my great grand father was one. "

Anybody know how to get a viral e-mail going to the coal miners? We need a spread the word e-mail with a link to the YouTube video. Might be the knock-out punch in PA.

19 posted on 09/23/2008 1:34:33 PM PDT by InterceptPoint
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To: Onerom99

“Biggest Presidential blunder since Ford and the Soviet Union.”

All Biden is doing is reciting from the Democrat party platform.

Honestly, you could have a landslide victory if we took a 10 minute primetime slot and all we did was recite from the Democrat party platform. They are so much more to the left than the voter realize, and its the media that deliberately keeps them misinformed.


20 posted on 09/23/2008 1:34:57 PM PDT by WOSG (Change America needs: Dump the Pelosi Democrat Congress!!!)
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To: Bill Dupray
Some enterprising Freeper or Blogger might want to look more closely at some of the 2008 Dem Pennsylvania Primary exit poll results.

For instance, 27% listed "experience" as the # 1 issue in voting, and 94% of those voted for Clinton.

27% said ONLY Hillary Clinton could save the economy, vs 17% who said ONLY Barack Obama could.

Clinton beat Obama in union households 59% to 41%.

Only 41% of Dems said they would be satisfied if either Hillary or Obama is the nominee.

Among gun owners, Hillary won 63% to 37%.

If the election in November is between McCain and Obama, 15% of Dems said they would vote for McCain, while 9% said they would not vote.

Hillary got 77% of those who said that Gender was an important factor to them. Obama got 45% of those who said Race was an important factor to them.

12% of Dems said race was a factor, and 77% of those voted for Hillary.
21 posted on 09/23/2008 1:36:55 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Pontius Pilate voted "Present")
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To: Petronski

Nice Graphic.

I thought PA had way more anthracite than that!


22 posted on 09/23/2008 1:38:00 PM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: Prov1322

>> I thought PA had way more anthracite than that! <<

Area and volume don’t correlate well with anthracite deposits.


23 posted on 09/23/2008 1:40:52 PM PDT by dangus
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To: Prov1322

24 posted on 09/23/2008 1:41:53 PM PDT by Petronski (Please pray for the success of McCain and Palin. Every day, whenever you pray.)
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To: Bill Dupray

Obama’s celebrity is wearing thin. McCain needs to remain steady. With the introduction of Sarah Palin as the future of the Republican party, this election is really already over.


25 posted on 09/23/2008 1:59:21 PM PDT by Continental Soldier
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To: Bill Dupray

I’m sure Obama has ordered ACORN to stuff more ballots to make up for it.


26 posted on 09/23/2008 2:02:24 PM PDT by Ros42
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To: Petronski

Great picture! Do you have one for oil too?


27 posted on 09/23/2008 2:08:49 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign state.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

ARG


28 posted on 09/23/2008 2:21:39 PM PDT by Bill Dupray
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To: Bill Dupray

I doubt it but I really hope he did. RCP (but then again it does take the clearly biased CBS/NYT poll into account too) says Obama is leading by 2.5% in PA, well within the margain of error. If you do out the map precisely to their current projections and exclude PA, then it ends up Obama 252 McCain 265

If Obama can carry PA, he will just narrowly win by 3 electoral college points....

Its too bad we don’t sink to the level of the Left because if things stay the way they are and Obama can stay with PA, if we were them we could threaten to move to canada and might even have our own selected not elected protests


29 posted on 09/23/2008 3:30:12 PM PDT by wrhssaxensemble
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To: Petronski

I know you don’t hear as much about coal mining in Ohio as in Pennsylvania, but according to this map, it about covers half the state... does that mean this will further push McCain up in OH as well?


30 posted on 09/23/2008 3:38:08 PM PDT by wrhssaxensemble
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To: Bill Dupray; ConservativeMan55
I SMELL A SCHMIDT STORM (for Penn) A'BREWIN' !!!
31 posted on 09/23/2008 5:32:43 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (I Love The Smell Of Schmidt Storm in the Morning...and Afternoon....and at Night!!!!!)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

BTTT


32 posted on 09/23/2008 7:37:40 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (Obama is the Democrats guy. They bought the ticket, now they must take the ride.)
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To: Petronski

I still by the anthracite to burn in my Massachusetts home because it sends money to Americans and heats the house less expensively than gas (albeit more expensively than my free wood does). Hopefully the new advances in shale fracturing opening up shale gas reserves will once again line the pockets of those people sitting atop the reserves.


33 posted on 09/30/2008 6:18:30 PM PDT by MSF BU (++)
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To: Bill Dupray

PA =23 electoral votes and as of today Zogby lists it undecided.


34 posted on 09/30/2008 6:24:42 PM PDT by Lady GOP
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To: MSF BU

Let the trees stand, brother. Burn that Pennsy coal!


35 posted on 09/30/2008 6:26:55 PM PDT by Petronski (Please pray for the success of McCain and Palin. Every day, whenever you pray.)
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To: Continental Soldier

36 posted on 09/30/2008 6:28:50 PM PDT by Lady GOP
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