especially in SE PA and Pittsburgh. That's the only way this race will be close enough to possibly win. Lots of Smith ads on the radio as of late, nothing from Casey.

He had a big lead earlier in the year, but was slow to fight back against Smith and seems to have declined lately.

Anyway, although the poll above says this is a decrease of 2 points for Obama since the last poll, it's actually a better PA poll for Obama compared to several other recent pollsters.

BO simply is not at his high water mark he was at pre-first debate, but the Romney momentum has given way to a bit of President Obama momentum.

I think practically speaking, Romney failed to fully make his case.

Isn't Smith a billionaire who's been spending a huge amount of money like Linda McMahon in Connecticut?

He's been running from office to office and I really don't know what he's done other than being the son of a former (popular) governor. People have always said he wants to be the Gov of PA; we'll see about that in a couple of years.

I'm in NJ and this state has been controlled by the democrats for years and I have no idea why the States Legislators and State Senators don't propose early voting up here.

Women: Obama 52, Romney 40
Men: Obama 46, Romney 47

Favorable/Unfavorable

Obama 55/43 (five county: 65/32)

Romney 46/50 (five county: 38/58)

How so?

Yeah thats about right, Obama will win my state by that mush which is a landslide..

funny PA tends to be called a swing state but in reality it seldom is.

I think Romney's late fundraising push is to enable him to make a late play for PA. Remember, nobody there has voted yet, and Southwest PA is as racist as Southeast OH. And the auto bailout is not as big a factor in PA as OH. And the Republican voter suppression efforts there were at least partially successful. I think PA could be the sleeper that ends up becoming competitive in the end, and we need to be prepared for it.