“What exactly is going on in PA and why is Corbett so far down?”
He’s awful. It’s a simple as that. Republicans are not very enthusiastic to get out and vote for him. He’s been a HUGE disappointment. He always seemed to back down in the face of adversity. The libs are hellbent on getting him out as he attempted to desecrate their altar of education spending (i.e. enriching the teachers unions).
Wolf will be worse. He’s a Rendell lackey. Wolf’s primary campaign message is to tax energy producers and give that money to school districts. No property tax relief or anything like that ... literally tax energy companies and give that money to schools. It certainly resonates with the ridiculous.
Wolf’s election will break a cycle PA has had for many many years. We’ve always had a two term D governor followed by a two term R governor for decades ... that appears to be coming to an end though most PA governors are RINOs in every sense of the word.
For whatever reason voters in this state are suckers for Teacher Union propaganda. It played a key role in taking Rick Santorum out as well.
Three fatal mistakes of Corbett IMHO:
1) Did not fight to retain our ban on gay marriage after the Fed courts struck it down.
2) Did not fight to retain our Voter ID law after a Democrat crony state judge struck it down.
3) Raised our gas tax a whopping 28 cents a gallon, and scheduled it to ratchet up more in coming years.
That last one is really hurting him here in the Pittsburgh area. We are close enough to WV and OH to notice the sharp price difference at the pump.
Before all that he had been holding the line on taxes, which is pretty much what I elected him to do. I think he was planning for revenues to rebound in a recovery. Except that under Obama the real recovery never happened.
Sounds like right here in Illinois. This year we have a choice between a rat, gun grabbing, baby killer and a republican, gun grabbing baby killer for governor.
Agreed, he has disappointed, but the legislature (GOP controlled in both houses) has also not come through with anything to help. Budget screwup, no property tax reform, no pension reform, etc.
Wolf will be worse. He’s a Rendell lackey. Wolf’s primary campaign message is to tax energy producers and give that money to school districts.
Agreed. Both the House and the Senate will remain in GOP control, and Wolf's gas drilling tax, income tax hike, and big spending plans won't be passed, and his entire agenda is based on those things. So he will go off on some gay marriage/rights tangent or something like that.
He does seem to not fight and get down and dirty. He needs to be out there on camera getting the message out. He just seems bored. It’s sad.