Bucks and Montgomery counties both went to Gore in '00, but not by a huge margin (Bucks was very close, I believe). The bigger factor was, is and always will be the Philadelphia Vote Fraud Machine.
If it can be shut down, Pennsylvania can be saved. If not, it's just another extention of New England, like New York and New Jersey have become.
Montgomery County use to be big time Republican until the housing boom .. and you're right about the Philly voter fraud machine ..
If it wasn't for Philly .. Pennsylvania would have gone for Bush