Posted on 10/11/2012 11:39:30 AM PDT by TonyInOhio
I think Obama will take PA.
I think there's hope for Bucks, Republican Fitzpatrick (PA-8) beat Rat Patrick Scumbag Murphy by 7 points in 2010. Murphy, in turn, beat Tom Manion by 15 points in 2008. I wish I could say the same about Montgomery, though.
Yeah, I noticed that there’s hardly any yard signs in the area (I live in Bucks myself), and the ones I do see are for Romney. I’m hopeful, but also realistic that I’m a lot more right-wing than the typical Republican voters here.
Manion was a good guy, although it was a huge mistake to essentially have Murphy turn it into a referendum on the Iraq War again.
I agree about Montgomery County. If Montco flips, then this election will be a cakewalk for Romney.
During the drive through rural NJ (Sparta, Branchville, Montague), Pike County PA (Milford), Wayne County PA (Hawley/Honesdale), and on a side trip through Lackawanna County PA (Scranton/Carbondale), I decided to count lawn signs — I only counted signs placed on PRIVATE property — not outside political headquarters offices or on public property like town squares. Here’s what I saw:
Lawn signs for Romney/Ryan: 47
Lawn signs for Obama: 10
I have even better news for you, many more of those yards would be showing Romney signs if there hadn’t been a problem with the state’s order getting backed up. I volunteer at one of the offices along your route. People have been pouring in for weeks begging for Romney yard signs but we only received a couple of handfuls to tide us over until we got our batch from the Romney campaign. We just received those a few days ago and now people can come in to get them.
By the way, I love your screenname... I had to memorize the poem in school when I was little, it’s still a huge favorite of mine :-)
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Romney needs to have a sit down with the head of the United Mine Workers and get their endorsement.
Give them a blank check...Whatever they want.
That will ice Pennsylvania and Ohio for Romney/Ryan.
Oh,Tamzee, that IS good news! My poor family has felt quite alone for many years up there being the nearly the only ones brave enough to proclaim their GOP status.
I was extremely happy to see so many R/R signs, and equally happy to see a dearth of Obamalamadingdong signs as well. Your report from the front lines in PA is heartening.
Sadly, I myself am in NY — a hopeless case if ever there was one. One day, I shall escape from here and live somewhere distinctly red. I’d love for that place to be our little lake up in the woods.
Regards,
PS: Thanks for the H/T on my screen name!
I’ve been saying for weeks that if Romney wins PA, go to bed, it’s over.
PA went for Reagan in 1984. Heck, all states but MN did.
I was just talking to my daughter who lives in Montco (PA 13) and she told me that everyone she hears says they are voting for Obama.
I remember when Montco was solid republican - and all the townships and burgs too - but that was 30 years or so ago.
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