How’s it feel on the ground in PA right now?
Did you enjoy the rally? I thought of you as soon as I saw on Twitter there would be one. It looked heavily attended.
Well, it’s really hard to gauge actual support because suburban and rural Western and Central PA are different from the City of Pgh and Eastern PA/Philly. I definitely see many more R/R yard signs vs. Obama signs, but then I haven’t gone into the City much lately. I still encounter some knuckleheaded Obama holdouts from time to time.
Oh, and since I was in the front row of the rally (got to shake Paul Ryan’s hand—will never wash it again!), I couldn’t really see how many people were there. Local press said about 700-1000. Very enthusiastic.
Romney yard signs popping-up with surprising frequency in my Blue Collar Yellow Dog part of town. Others I’m sure sympathize but don’t want the signs out so as to avoid provoking the union hacks.
Obama has had to open a campaign office in a neighborhood that has probably not gone GOP since the 1920’s. I think two things are sinking him with Democrat Joe Yinzer:
- War on Coal
- Siding against them in a potential race conflict (Skip Gates, Trayvon Martin, Philly Black Panthers, et. al)
Also the state had ginned up an advertising campaign to remind voters they would need ID this time. Those ads are still running despite the fact that a judge put the law on hold. So a lot of the feeble minded may end up staying home.