My spidey senses are tingling ...
Fast Eddie went public with his 'please come back to PA Barrack' spiel because that gives Rendell cover with the party (I knew we needed him to come back...geez, Hill and Bill did). The same way uber loyalist, John Murtha, has called SW PA racist and redneck? Is Johnny off his meds or going senile...no. He is merely covering his own porked ar$e so after the election he can come out and say 'see I told you they wouldn't vote for 0bama...they're racist.' The internal polls the Dems have must be in the toilet for these two come out and give pre-emptive excuses.
Anecdotally, at work and socially there are one or two (in each group) that are so in awe of The One that they have to 'share' his glory with all within earshot. After their 'sharing' the messianic message...there is (consistantly) a network of 'hushed whispers.' 'I'm not voting for him...she's nuts.' Again, and again. PA is going red.