Rendell said McCain can compete in both the Philly suburbs and western PA. He’ll do very well among white Democrats, especially white male Democrats which are populous in both of those areas. At the very least, McCain will make Obama spend time and money in a state that he MUST have. There’s also the possibility that Rendell won’t crank up the machine all the way for Obama the way he might for Hillary.
H&C discussed it tonight and said they were going to do a story on it tomorrow too.