The local PA papers and local TV are much more creative. Between the AP articles, they post their own articles trashing anyone with an (R) after his name beginning BEFORE the voting has begun in the previous election. In case you don't subscribe to their rags or can't read, the local TV news reports on the newspaper articles. It's like an incessant echo chamber and now that they know how to totally corrupt the voting patterns in the PA "T", the previously red part of the state, PA has turned deep blue and will no doubt stay that way.
Indiana went from 7 (R)- 2 (D) to 4(R)- 5(D)
The media has helped pave the way for Bayh with this years campaigning, also
there has got to be billionaires out there who think conservatively ...why are they not buying up and managing more of the media, newspapers included...