The polls are showing that the race is tightening in Pennsylvania....two recent polls have Obama only up by four percent. McCain and Palin are making their last stand in the state, and we need to defend Pennsylvania at all costs....
Obama should attend one more large rally in Philadelphia....
Read more »Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell, a Democrat, is nervous about the state and has asked Barack Obama and Joe Biden to return to the state and campaign. The McCain campaign is making a hard push for the state, and a loss in PA would make an Obama victory very difficult.
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Read more »Yesterday, CNN said that a source inside McCain's campaign told them that the Republican Senator is giving up on Iowa, New Mexico, and Colorado. Instead, he wants to win Nevada, Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania.
Read more »It's getting down to the wire and time to make some tough decisions. Florida, with its close margins of victory and its large pot of electoral votes, looks tempting to the Obama-Biden campaigners. But millions of dollars and tons of high profile campaign stops haven't been able to push the polls into Obama's favor. But it's ok! Unlike Gore, we don't need Florida to win!
Read more »Look at the electoral map. If the current polls hold, Obama will win. It's that simple. We can do it without Ohio or Florida -- and we all know we can't count on either of those states. Right now Obama is leading by a narrow margin in Colorado, New Mexico, Michigan, Pennsylvania. WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HOLD THESE FOUR STATES.
Read more »In states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, we need to identify and encourage Democrats living outside the traditional heavily Democratic urban districts, and get them to the polls. Where it's close, we have to go after every vote. Where door to door isn't practical, we should at least make sure that these Democrats get phone calls.
Read more »There should be a focused campaign to get people registered in Pennsylvania. Focus on areas such as chester county - which is near the Biden land of Wilmington -- and which also has a high minority population, most of whom are not regisitered. Set up shop in local businesses in towns like Kennett Square and Avondale who's mushroom farms employ thousands of hispanic workers.
Read more »In order to win over key states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana, Obama should work hard to shed his 'elitist' image. He's had an elite education, but so have all our other presidents and this is an asset. His desire to raise people up and help make the world better is what drives him.
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