Replies

There is only one "swing" area in PA. That is the old coal region around Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. That is largely ethnic Catholic, there are some traditional morality people there who have gone for Santorum and Toomey.

That's where I was born and raised. I know longtime Democrat voters who refused to vote for Obama last time and won't vote for him this time. But the magical, mythical voter seems to be the one who voted for Obama in 2008 and is now switching to Republican in 2012.

I can tell you the best way to "swing" a voter to the Republican side is to get them watching Fox News or listening to talk radio. They are Democrats largely because they live, eat and breathe the MSM. The MSM has made them afraid to even try listening to conservative media, by demonizing it as "right-wing extremists" and that kind of thing. But if you can get them to start listening/watching, you can "deprogram" them and turn them Republican in about 4 to 8 years. Democrats don't think and act in a vacuum or by sheer randomness. Their brains have been programmed and they can be deprogrammed with enough time being exposed to the truth.

A lot of them pay no attention to anything "political" at all. In a Presidential year the shop steward comes to the job site or workplace and hands them a list of candidates they're to vote for, and that's the extent of their politics.

The NRA could have real influence here (second highest NRA membership in the country -- second in raw numbers only to Texas -- and the highest percentage of NRA members in the US) but doesn't seem to work very hard in PA.

Their brains have been programmed and they can be deprogrammed with enough time being exposed to the truth.

`///
great post. great points.
...but the cracks are appearing.
public trust of media is the lowest ever, and declining.
and now, that more and more people are saying
that Emperor Obama isn’t wearing any clothes,
more people are talking to neighbors,
and being exposed to the truth, like you said.

Boy you nailed it! My 82 year old uncle lives just to the north in Binghamton, NY - well, Deposit, NY 30 miles to the east. He is a JFK Catholic democrat and a union supporter, but when I saw him in July, I could tell he’s been paying attention. He is all in for Romney and is better informed than I am. I know Binghamton has a conservative radio station and I think my uncle must be tuning in. If my die-hard union/democrat uncle can be swayed, anybody can.