I hope so. The commercials are starting to pop up. First I began seeing the Tom Smith commercials and then the anti-Tom Smith commercials (as opposed to pro-Bob Casey). The funny thing is the anti-Tom Smith commercial is really an appeal to the most left voters. All it says very ominiously is “Tom Smith is a member of the TEA PARTY” (or words to that effect) and TEA Party is flashed across the screen in big letters. To me, an ad like that says Casey is trying to shore up the union and far left whacko vote. I think he’s in bigger trouble than this poll suggests.
I'm in the Pittsburgh market and suspect the reason the TEA PARTY ads don't air so much is that they were ineffective. It was our TEA PARTY in SW Pennsylvania who supported Tom Smith over the GOP-e endorsed RINO in the April primary, the guy who finished third.