Posted on 07/26/2016 7:35:27 AM PDT by randita
Former Gov. Ed Rendell on Tuesday declared Pennsylvania "in play" for president, two days before his friend Hillary Clinton is slated to accept the Democratic nomination in Philadelphia.
The reason? Republican nominee Donald Trump's rhetoric is resonating with "white, blue-collar workers," Rendell said at breakfast sponsored by Politico.
"People have to understand, not withstanding presidential elections, Pennsylvania is not a blue state," Rendell said. "We have a Republican legislature."
Rendell noted that Pennsylvania has more than 900,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans, but his party's voters "don't turn out nearly as well" unless the presidency is on the ballot.
Pennsylvania has voted Democrat for president in every election since 1992, when Clinton's husband, Bill, won his first term as president.
But Rendell sees a different electorate shaping up this year.
"I've warned Democrats: Donald Trump is giving a message and it's resonating with white, blue-collar workers who work in factories, who work on construction crews," Rendell said. "We'd be naive if we didn't understand that that exists. This state is in play."
Rendell was clearly frustrated that Trump's attacks on free trade deals are scoring so well with those voters. He noted that Trump has said his brand of men's ties is manufactured overseas because of low labor costs there.
"He doesn't make anything in the U.S.," Rendell said. "It makes no sense at all. But it doesn't seem to matter. The toughest task is to get those voters to listen."
Rendell was joined in the discussion by Kevin Washo, executive director of the host committee staging the Democratic National Convention this week and a former executive director of the state Democratic Party.
They both noted the ability of eastern Pennsylvania counties to tilt the balance of an statewide election.
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He’s there tomorrow!
Dems dont care.
Te message is: Slavery house, illegal immigrants, BLM, and Trump = Hitler.
That, and the fact that in the era of Big Labor/Big Government only the Armenian mafia using illegal alien labor can economically open and operate garment factories in the US any more. But they still get to put nice "Made in the USA" labels on their products. "Made by Americans" is a much more difficult claim to make. :)
Code words for: activate emergency Philadelphia network. It will be necessary this election for 200% of the population to vote 100% democrat.
FAST EDDIE is putting the word out for UNIONS, THUGS, AND MALCONTENTS to step it up before election day.
The good Union folks buy cheap goods at Wal-Mart and Target. They don’t care about imports coming in from China. They drove all the jobs away from America. Will they buy a Big-mac from a union McDonalds for $10.00 each?
The real Amish vote is going to swing to Trump this time.
The drawn out WOT was a loosing message with Amish community.
He is right. Millions of voters in this state have been chomping at the bit to slay the NAFTA dragon for a quarter-century.
Hey, Eddie, you might want to stop telling people to listen. You see, if they listen and pay attention to what’s going on, your entire political party is going down. You have FAILED the voters, Ed, you and your socialist fellow travelers, because every policy that you espouse is contrary to human nature or common sense.
Actually, come to think of it, keep talking.
Really Mister Ed? You’re a bit late on this aren’t you?
Really Mister Ed? You’re a bit late on this aren’t you?
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