I get to talk to a lot of old ladies here in PA, the Alabama part of PA. They are not writing in Clinton. They’re ok with voting for McCain in protest against Obama’s nomination.
They’re Dems, been Dems since Roosevelt, some of them, but it seems that McCain is a special case. Whether it’s because of his POW history or his centrist (Demophile) behavior in the Senate, these old folks will cast their vote for McCain without even a clothespin.
One of my neighbors was the kingpin of the local Hillary organization. He’s a vet of Korea and Vietnam. Never voted R in his life. He’s voting for McCain too.
Philly and P’burgh skew the results, but most of PA is bitter God ‘n’ Guns. Obama will not win PA.
I’ve met more Democrats - union members, no less - who plan on voting for McCain as a vote against Obama than I have PA “conservatives”. Up here by the NYS border, there are still Ron Paul signs everywhere, and most people still think Bush is to blame for high gas prices because of his “oil buddies”.
It’s quite telling how many died in the wool Democrats can vote for McCain “with no clothespin”, but millions of conservatives are refusing to vote for him.