OOPS!!! Forgot to hit publish yesterday. Better late than never. Every four years, I hear the political pundits and talking heads yammer on about how Pennsylvania is a swing state and target of opportunity for the party not in power. And then every four years, the Democrat wins Pennsylvania’s electoral votes. In 2008, Obama took 17 Pennsylvania counties. His primary base of power was in | Read More »
In 2012, the Republican Party seems to have learned its lesson from some bad redistricting moves they made a decade earlier. Then, they targeted Tim Holden and the Philadelphia suburbs in a plan that backfired. However, with a current 12-7 advantage in the congressional delegation, the goal this year was to strengthen their existing seats and basically concede Holden’s seat. For President, it seems that | Read More »
For all the hoopla about Democratic gains in the northeast of late, a real look at Pennsylvania reveals that is is basically a conservative state. If you color in the southeastern corner and southwestern corners of the state blue- the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas- the remainder of the state looks like a giant “T.” And although Democrats have pushed into that “T” in recent years, | Read More »
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