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Actually I'm from Philly, so I'm among the ones who doesn't worry (or care) about an "h". Time will tell. However, the excitement over Lynn Swann is just wishful thinking at this point. If he actually gets an agenda and actually does things that make me think he's conservative, then my opinion might change. Until then, I'm not indulging in fantasy and wishful thinking.

If you're from West Camden, you're likely unaware how much of an albatross it is for Rendell to be a machine politician from there, but no wishful thinking is involved, except on your part. Rendell looks like a gangster, talks like a gangster, (probably is a gangster,) and doesn't come across very well on TV at all. He hasn't done anything but try to move tax money from the rest of the state into the corrupt city that's his base. He's done nothing and it's well known. Even in the worst case, I'd like you to produce ONE person for me who's every been persuaded on who to vote for governor because of the debates. What a joke.

Finally, as Oliver Wendell Holmes replied when asked "How's you wife?" I answer as he did: "compared to what?" The Scranton name has absolutely ZERO cache with the voters of the state, and the other guy who hasn't yet withdrawn is exactly that: the other guy who hasn't yet withdrawn.

The Republican party in this state is in a complete shambles as far as I can see, but Swann's name recognition will allow him to get enough traction to be watched. There's nobody else out there with any hope of that. If the party would trouble itself to develop some talent, I might be inclined to look at somebody else, but it hasn't. Luckily for us, the Democrats are even more inept than we are.