PA-GOV: For Corbett, an uphill battle for a second term

[RandySF]

Now, as the weeks until the Nov. 4 election turn into days, those close to Mr. Corbett — and even the governor himself — point to the prosecutorial experiences and tendencies that propelled his political rise as factors that also have contributed to the challenges facing his re-election.

He has been polling behind his Democratic challenger, Tom Wolf, by so much for so long that Republicans point with excitement to two polls this month showing the governor losing by less than 10 points in a state whose chief executives have been re-elected ever since the constitutional change of 1968 permitted consecutive terms.

“He has the natural tendencies of an attorney general to keep everything close to his vest,” said Jim Roddey, the GOP chairman in Allegheny County. “He’s not the typical Ed Rendell type of politician who has a press conference every day and everything he does, he beats his chest and makes announcements. He went about his work quietly and efficiently, maybe too much so.”

Allies suggest, too, that both his years practicing law and his personal character have made Mr. Corbett a loyal soldier for what he believes is right, perhaps too much so to allow for nimble politics.

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2014/10/19/For-Corbett-an-uphill-battle-for-a-second-term/stories/201410190157

[Dawson Leery]

1. Magellan is a highly partisan Republican pollster.

There is nothing to indicate a late surge for Corbett.

I do expect Jerry Sandusky's protector to get near 40%. Wolf's floor is 55%.

[yortsed snacilbuper]

2. Follow the money,

tom's the best politician money can buy!

[Initech]

3. Tom Corbett is running on a campaign to save jobs.

Sorry to say this PA, but there's really only one job that he's ever cared about saving and that's Jerry Sandusky's, and we all know well how well that one turned out!