Posted on 01/17/2010 10:46:23 AM PST by Salena Zito
Wise strategists need look no further than U.S. House races in Pennsylvania to gauge the country's political temperature.
In the past decade, Pennsylvania has been a Democrat-leaning presidential battleground. It went for Gore (51-46), Kerry (51-48) and Obama (55-44).
"Putting these numbers in perspective, the state tends to vote about 4 percentage points more for the Democratic nominee than the nation as a whole does," says Lara Brown, Villanova University professor.
Democrats have been increasingly confident that trend will continue, given 2006 midterm and 2008 general election wins. But change can come quickly.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
LMAO...what happened to MASS being the thermometer????
Ah the ever moving goal posts...
For House races.
A CONFEDERACY OF FOOLS
Author unknown.
“The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of
entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be easier to limit
and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary
common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such
a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious
than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us. Blaming the prince of
the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made
him their prince. The republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after
all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such
as those who made him their president.”
You are right Crim,
This is but the begining of CYA by the obammy team.
After Brown wins, every dim will be nervous.
And many will lose thier next election.
I’d like to see some go home to ass whoopins.
Not according to the LA Times:
Pa. is far closer to being a bellwether than Mass.
Mass. was the only state to vote for McGovern in ‘72, and as I recall had the narrowest margin of victory for Reagan in ‘84 (Mondale won only Minn. and DC).
One freeper once told me that Reagan didn’t campaign in MN or else he would have carried all 50.
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