I voted this morning after standing in line for 50 minutes. I have never had to wait in line before. The Republican base is out in force. The 19th Congressional district does not even have a Democrat on the ticket for congress. Republicans in this district usually win with 60% to 80% of the vote. I think it is looking good for PA, just depends on having enough people in Central PA to counter the voter turn out in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
I just moved to PA, this is my first time voting in the state. I live in Carbon County, a small rural area in the western poconos. I was in line to vote at 6:50 and there was a line of approx 30 voters ahead of me. I was told that this is the longest line ever.
I'm sure most of those voting were voting for Bush, since they were dressed for work. The folks that had the rolls that you sign would state your party affiliation loud enough for the rest of the county to hear, no one gave me any funny looks when she bellowed out "Republican" when it was my turn.
In a related story, yesterday I started training to be a volunteer firefighter in my town. I'm finally going to do my civic duty. I believe it is never too late to get involved, becomong a fireman at age 46 isn't a world record, but I'm proud of myself for getting off my * and will not feel ashamed if I ever need to call the FD to protect my property and life.
It's a great day in the neighborhood
Tom