Has Barack Obama taken Pennsylvania out of play?

[maddezmom]

Pennsylvania is to Barack Obama what Ohio is to John McCain -- a large, politically competitive state that he almost assuredly has to win to have any chance of moving into the White House.

For much of the general election campaign, Pennsylvania seemed completely in play -- a worrisome situation for Obama and his strategists.

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Over the next two weeks or so, however, it will be worth watching how often -- if at all -- McCain's itinerary takes him to Pennsylvania or whether, alternatively, his campaign starts to scale back its efforts there. The reason -- two new surveys, one taken at the end of September, the other during the first few days of this month, showing Obama with a substantial lead.

Setting aside such polls as, by nature, ephermal (and perhaps flat-out wrong), a Washington Post story today that surveyed voter-registration trends in several states offered some numbers that spell out the daunting challenge facing McCain in Pennsylvania. Here it is:

This year, 474,000 Democrats have been added to the rolls in Pennsylvania -- while the GOP rolls have actually lost 38,000 voters.


more:http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/10/has-barack-obam.html

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Where are they getting this from?

PA voted for the Democratic candidate for the last 4 Presidential elections. The media is so friggin' lazy that they won't even use "the google". :banghead:

PA now has 1,000,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans. PA is like Michigan this election cycle in that it's a state that would be nice for McLame to "steal" from Obama, but it was never his... It's not like it's a "reliably red" state. Geez.

[jojo54]

2. I heard over the weekend that Obama is planning on

spending a good bit of time in PA. He's let Joe take the lead up to now, but the report said that Obama's advisors told him it's time to go to PA.

I don't think that he has to worry about PA; not with Gov. Rendell attending every event that he can.

[JimGinPA]

3. Pennsylvania Has NEVER Been In Play...

That's been a meme of the M$M that was never based on the evidence on the ground.