Gov. Rendell at rally: 'Vote like your life depends on it ... because it just might'

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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/123555-gov-rendell-vote-like-your-life-depends-on-it-

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) characterized the midterm elections as a life-and-death struggle in a speech Sunday afternoon. "The choice is clear, you've got to go to the polls," Rendell said during a warm-up address at a large rally in Philadelphia ahead of appearances by President Obama and Vice President Biden.

"What the best way to prevent from tearing down the president? It's a four-letter word," the governor said. "Vote like your life depends on it -- because, you know, it just might."

Thousands of people gathered in a school yard in the working-class neighborhood of Germantown to hear from Obama and Biden, who are in town to support Pennsylvania Senate candidate Joe Sestak (D).

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