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Friday, June 06, 2008

McCain revs up Pennsylvania campaign

It's hard to imagine a scenario where John McCain gets enough Electoral College votes without winning Pennsylvania.

To that end, the McCain camp is gearing up its Pennsylvania campaign.

It's not going to be easy based on the state's recent history of voting for Democratic candidates in presidential races.

From Dan Hirschhorn writing at PolitickerPA.com:
"Voters in the state, which has not gone Republican in 20 years, are increasingly leaning Democratic. His opponent, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), had to build an organization in the state for a fiercely competitive primary while McCain had already secured the Republican nomination.
Then again, let's not forget how poorly Obama did in the Keystone State outside of Philadelphia. A lot of "bitter" people didn't buy Obama's smooth-talking liberalism.

The state will be decided in the Southeastern Pennsylvania suburbs, where a McCain could appeal to moderate Republicans, independents and some Democrats.

Read more analysis of the Pennsylvania campaign at PolitickerPA.com

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