Pennsylvania, my home state, is purple. It elected O twice, but has a republican governor (but a dem AG) and one of our US Senators is a republican. Republicans also control the state house and (I think) we have more Rs than Ds in our congressional delegation. Those republicans that it has produced for the national stage (e.g. Tom Ridge, Milton Schapp) are often denigrated as “RINOs.” Yet, had McLame picked Ridge instead of Palin as his veep, we probably wouldn’t be going through what we’re going through now.
Milton Schapp was a Democrat. You must be really young.
Maybe so. But if McCain had not picked Palin for veep, McCain would have been the first GOP nominee to ‘not’ get my vote! Palin was the ONLY reason I voted for him. I was dead-set on leaving my ballot blank until that point.