[MplsSteve]

There used to be a time (in the not so distant past) when Republicans could count on a strong enough vote in the suburban counties surrounding Philly to partially off-set the numbers coming out of the city.

But now the suburbs are becoming almost as bad (politically) as the inner city is.

And that will hurt Republicans running in a state-wide race.

[Gondring]

There used to be a time (in the not so distant past) when Republicans could count on a strong enough vote in the suburban counties surrounding Philly to partially off-set the numbers coming out of the city.

It's not so much registration trends as precincts that are still 2:1 Republican to Dem were voting for Kerry. Anger against the Bush Administration was running very high even back in 2004.

[Theodore R.]

Suburban PA people still support Arlen Specter too. He is their idea of a “conservative” for balance.