I believed strongly until the last few days that Romney would win PA. The bad news is that a lot of volunteers are suddenly down for the count with no power and limited communication in northeast PA from Sandy and it has really damaged the GOTV efforts... if you live elsewhere in or near the state, please volunteer as much as possible!!! The election is so close here, it would be tragic to lose the state by a tiny margin :-(
If people are without power they’ll typically tend to blame their discomfort and annoyance at those currently in power. The failure to retore power quickly can actually redound to Romney’s benefit. Just as Bush was blamed for many bad things that happened during his administration, Zero will be blamed for this. And the fact that he did a fly-by photo op in NJ and then went begging for money in Vegas can’t be sitting well with people who don’t have a functioning light switch or refrigerator.
If our PA volunteers are “down for the count” so are the D voters in Philly. Look for turnout there o be down at least 10%.