If you would have taken away the dead voters, the phantom voters, the convicts and the multiple voters...and then added the military votes that Fast Eddie tried to disenfranchise (and partially succeeded), it would have gone to Bush. It was less than 2%.
I mean "conservative" as compared to risk-takers. Pennsylvanians tend to stick with known commodities like Rendell and Specter. Philadelphians are going to vote for a former Steeler? I just don't think so!
By the way, western PA is a whole different country from the eastern half. They like Swann in the west, but I don't think there are enough voters to overcome Fast Eddie. Too bad you hate PA. My family's been here for seven generations (pre-Revolutionary War). I don't think I could live anywhere else.