Pennsylvania is really two states: Philadelphia its suburbs anb the rest of the state.
Philly and its suburbs are a liberal and Democrat and have a large number of voters. The areas outside of the major cities are mainly conservative and Republican - or so it would appear to me. A large number of New Yorkers, fleeing the liberal mess they created in their own turf, have relocated to the west side of the Delaware and the Poconos. Some of them even still live in New York City and commute to work from there.
Its very funny hwo people from the liberal urab cities create an environment they can't survive in, and then move out - only to re-create the same problems somewhere else.
In a choice between Hillery or Obama, and Giuliani or McCain, a large enough number of people in the Blue State of PA are likely to vote for McCain or Giuliani. So what? They didn't vote for Bush and he got in without them. Their problems will arise in the Red States, or even in states like PA once the Dems start exposing liberal candidates political views.
For every liberal vote Giuliani (McCain is pretty much dead in the water) picks up, the Repubs will loose at least ONE conservative vote.
True, true... when I lived there the suburbs were still conservatives but then all of the refugees from Philadelphia who screwed that city up had moved out here and then began ruining things for the rest of us.
Politically though Penna. is a lost cause for Republicans. Not a single cent of advertising money should be spent there and no Republican candidate should waste a single minute of campaign time there. Republicans can win nationally without Penna. so resources would better be concentrated on shoring up borderline red states instead of blue states.
"Pennsylvania is really two states...."
Someone explained it to me once. They said PA was like New York on both ends and Arkansas in the middle.
Pennsylvania-- 47th in the nation in job creation and working hard to be 50th.
"For every liberal vote Giuliani (McCain is pretty much dead in the water) picks up, the Repubs will loose at least ONE conservative vote."
Michael Barone and all the polls disagree with this and so do I.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/baroneblog/archives/070223/newt_vs_hillary.htm