Free Republic

A swing through Pennsylvania’s delegation revealed one common denominator: delegates were confident that they could deliver their state’s 20 electoral votes to the Romney-Ryan ticket this fall, thus putting the Keystone State in the GOP presidential column for the first time since 1988. “Look at the base we’re starting with,” State Party Chairman Rob Gleason told Human Events on the convention floor, “We’re going into 2010 with a record number of state legislators, five new congressmen, a governor, lieutenant governor and a U.S. senator.” He also noted that 53 out of 67 counties in Pennsylvania are in Republican hands. Gleason...