I'm worried about Pennsylvania

In 2000, they stole Florida. They also laid the groundwork to steal Ohio.

In 2004 they stole Florida and Ohio. They also laid the groundwork to steal Pennslyvania.

In 2008 we know they will steal Florida and Ohio. And now Pennsylvania is probably the key to this election, and is already being hyped as such.

Personally, I don't feel it should be even close in that state. But......I'm worried.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/05/obama-and-dean...

Obama And Dean Team Up To Recast The Political Map
Sam Stein

June 5, 2008 12:43 PM


Sixteen months after he launched his campaign for the White House, Sen. Barack Obama may, just now, be entering his campaign's most perilous stage. Facing a rift of sorts within the Democratic Party and concerns over the scope of his political base, the Illinois Democrat is pursuing an unconventional path to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave: unlike those before him, he has pledged to redraw the electoral map by putting new, traditionally Republican states in play.

A slew of political factors will determine Obama's success in turning red states blue. But the Senator, in no small measure, will be aided in his task by reforms that preceded his run for the presidency. For all of the hoopla surrounding the candidates, the 2008 presidential election will be the first truly national test of the viability and prescience of Howard Dean's 50-state strategy.

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In early May, the Senator took the first step down that road by launching a country-wide voter registration drive, with the hopes of playing off of his primary successes. The campaign would not discuss how and where Obama would look to open offices, spend advertising dollars, or coordinate resources. Since securing the nomination, however, the Senator is tightening his control over the party. News circulated this week that Obama will persuade the DNC to refuse any lobbyist funding, a stance in line with his own campaign. And a high-ranking Obama official, Paul Tewes, is slated to help oversee fundraising efforts at the committee.

The potential beneficiaries of the Obama-Dean alliance could be numerous. Down-ticket Democrats are not only banking on an influx of resources into their races, but are hoping that a synthesized effort between the presidential candidate and campaign committees provides a political boost even in traditionally hostile locales. The environment is certainly ripe. Already Democrats have ripped three congressional seats away from the GOP in special elections. The Cook Political Report list 27 seats GOP House seats that will be in play, in addition to seven in the Senate.

"It is not that Obama needs what the DNC under what Dean has done," said Thomas Mann, a scholar at the Brookings Institute. "It is that the Obama nominating campaign has reinforced what the DNC was doing. And all of this will be primarily helpful down ticket. It gives Democrats some opportunities to win Senate, House and other legislative contests and over time puts them in the position of turning around some truly red states."

We registered so many new Dems that two huge counties in the suburbs of Philly went Dem for the first time ever ~ and Dem reg. across the state has broken all records. And we aren't done yet ~ the Obama teams here will be registering people in a big way up til Oct. 6, the cut-off date. We'll also be making sure college kids have absentee ballots until that cut-off later in October.

PA will be DARK BLUE this time!

It's going to be very difficult.
Fight hard.
Don't give up.

as much as the racial issue. The central and western parts of PA are too much like WV and KY for comfort.

chose PA to be the battleground state this time around.

But this won't be a DLC election. This is a Howard Dean DNC 50 state strategy election, presenting the most charismatic nominee we've seen in a generation - this is NOT going to hinge on a single swing state.

McKeesport to be exact...but we are not commited to any area...but prefer the western part of the state in the mountains...I hope we can help make PA blue!!!

:hide:Governor Rendell =Privatization....I live in Pennsylvania--I've been worried! :(


Rendell privatizing PA Turnpike?
"Hello, all! I'm from neighboring Ohio but I thought you might be interested in this item.
Ken Blackwell (you remember him from 2004) was a big backer to privatize the Ohio Turnpike." more at link....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=175x12281

ELECTION FRAUD Beginner's Guide :kick:
http://organikrecords.com/corporatenewslies/beginner_v2.htm

Our Dem Governor is as corrupt as they come. He is also a lame duck as his time is over and can't run again.

If Fast Eddie thinks for a moment that the Dem nominee will be the key to <insert post/position> he will be all over it.

I think that any stealing will be done with a Republican at the helm like Crist.