9/12 Pennsylvania Presidential Poll--Obama 47.8% to McCain 43.5%

[blue neen]

http://www.pollster.com/polls/pa/08-pa-pres-ge-mvo.php

This was in today's Pittsburgh Post Gazette. I'm not a huge poll junkie, but I did like seeing that Obama continues to lead in Pennsylvania! :)

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Pennsylvania will go Obama by 8%

It's a blue state.

[Kdillard]

2. Yeah Pennsylvania :).

[blue neen]

3. We opened a "bunch" of new offices in PA last week,

bringing the total number to 65. We're ready to rumble!

http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/earlyreturns/archive/2008/09/09/more-obama-offices-in-the-state.aspx

[Kdillard]

8. I am in awe of the ground game Obama is running.

[ClarkUSA]

11. Western PA needs work, which is where all those new offices are located.

I hope to see many new volunteers working there. There's no shortage of grassroots help in the eastern part of the state.
Hillary won Pittsburgh decisively -- there's a lot of "white working-class voters" there.

[blue neen]

14. Western PA definitely needs work.

The opening of the New Kensington office was really important, the GOTV will be crucial there.

We have our local meeting tonight at 6:00. I'll be anxious to see if there are any new volunteers there. We've been getting more.

It's tough to fight the press in this area of PA. All of the local newspapers, except for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette are owned by Richard Mellon Scaife. He controls the press in Westmoreland, Armstrong, and Indiana counties. This cannot be discounted--there is a large senior population here, and that's where most of them are getting their news.

The campaign has been doing face-to-face canvassing to try to reach these voters.

[Patiod]

19. Scaife is a blight on this country. But you're a star, blue neen!

I'm heading off to a local market in a few minutes to register voters on our side of the state, just in case.

We do indeed have troops on the ground here (what a treat to go to Trader Joe's in Valley Forge yesterday to see....several well-dressed, country-club-looking Main Line Matrons outside manning a Voter Registration table (with a little sign on the bottom that said "Yes We Can")

Glad the Obama camp is spending money on new offices rather than pins and lawn signs.

Keep up the good fight, blue neen!

[blue neen]

29. We're psyched!

My boss told me yesterday that his dad is voting for Obama. He's a very conservative man, lives in a very conservative suburb in Butler County. He wants real change from Bushco's disastrous policies and thinks Obama is just the person to do it! :)

:patriot:

[ClarkUSA]

20. Good luck with tonight's meeting and keep plugging away to get all the votes you can..

Thanks for all you're doing and going to do! :applause:

[Hope And Change]

4. K & R!

[Expedition924]

5. Polls...

are going to bounce back and forth for awhile yet. Don't let them get to you.

[blue neen]

7. The Obama campaign offices have a huge ground game going on here in PA.

We want CHANGE!

Even my formerly Republican boss and his very conservative father are voting for Obama! Woot!

[flamingdem]

31. Great to hear keep us updated

thanks

[johnnyrocket]

6. PA is a must have, we can't fret about it...its Ohio thats troubling.

[ClarkUSA]

10. We'll need all north eastern grassroots hands on deck in OH come October.

In the meantime, do some phone banking for Team Obama there: http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/phonebankinglanding

[ClarkUSA]

9. Whoever wins the Philly (including the suburbs) and Pittsburgh areas wins PA...

Team Obama needs help in the Pittsburgh area (so sign up to do phone banking there:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/phonebankinglanding) but the Philly area
looks good so far.

[Sugarcoated]

13. Do you need canvassing or just phone banking?

[MadrasT]

15. Both canvassing and phone banking in PA

I went in to volunteer last weekend at the West Chester office. They're really hot on canvassing. If you really don't want to canvas, they'll put you on the phones. It's all about the door to door ground game out here. :hi: (Hi neighbor!

[Sugarcoated]

17. I'd much rather canvass, actually

I hate phone banking. If I can I'll come out there . . . who do I talk to, which area needs the most help out there?

Hey! :hi:

[ClarkUSA]

22. Then we need you - canvassing is going to be essential from now up to and including Nov. 4

Western PA needs canvassing. Where do you live?

Or you can go here to start: http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/actioncenter

Thank you! :dem:

[Prefer]

12. The more people find out about Palin the farther they run

[Hepburn]

16. Woot!!!!

Take that, Caribou Barbie! :bounce:

[dtotire]

18. That's a lot better than the numbers Zogby put out yesterday

He had McCain ahead. I couldn't understand it.

[mvd]

26. Interactive online surveys

I have no idea why he even bothers putting those out.

[terrya]

21. Excellent! And doesn't Pennsylvania have a large Catholic vote?

Biden being Catholic should also help with that. :-)

[ClarkUSA]

23. Yes they do.

Biden needs to really work that demographic.

[mvd]

24. I think PA is very safe

Frankly, I'm more concerned about MI and MN than PA.

[terrya]

25. I think both MI and MN will be ours.

Optimistic Terry time:

Michigan will go to us because of the economy.

Minnesota will go to us because in part of the Senate race. It's one of the highest profile Senate races in the election. And, Terry feeling comfortable about going on this limb...Al Franken will win that Senate seat. That "Running Man" ad of Franken's campaign is GOOD. Plus, I think the voters of Minnesota will have "buyer's remorse" over ol slimebag Norm Coleman.

[mvd]

28. I agree, Terry

I was surprised to see one poll having us tied in MN and one showing us 2 points ahead. I doubt those numbers. :hi:

[Pattib]

27. Good news! Keep it going.

[Cha]

30. With homeboy Biden ..PA

should go to Obama Biden! :toast: :patriots: :patriot:

[TNMOM]

32. awesome... we need PA, and the neighbor to the west...

ohio.