All the cozy New York media love stories can't overcome what the rest of the country knows to be true: Northeastern candidates are intelligent, polished, articulate--and woefully out of touch with the rest of America.
I write this nonsense.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/columnists/zito/
my job is to cover all of the candidates, read the link below and see my profile last week on the GOP contenders.
He was an interesting interview and will bring out a different component for the D's as they fight for what their platform will be.