Heck of a job, Ridgie! (image via news.aol)
Do you get the feeling lately, "What is McCain doing in Pennsylvania"? Either the Arizona Senator is crazy like a fox, or, hmm, he is just plain crazy. Senator Barck Obama has a double-digit lead in Pennsylvania, where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than a million (RealClearPolitics calls it "solid Obama"). Granted, racism plays a big role in Pennsylvania as Senator Clinton's 55%-45% margin of victory over Obama showed. And, granted, of the crappy hand that was dealt McCain re: campaign cash, PA is probably his best move. But it is a long shot at best. Plus: Governor Ed Rendell -- who has a formidable machine in the state -- and Biden, Hillary and former President Bill Clinton have all helped Obama familiarize himself with the more -- how does one say this nicely? -- "xenophobic," ehr, Pennsyltuckians.
Senator McCain and Governor Palin and the so-called "First Dude" have all but been living in The Keystone State. The entire race may come down to Pennsylvania, just as the 2004 race was all about Ohio and the 2000 race was all about Florida.
Tom Ridge, the former Governor of Pennsylvania, is the McCain campaign's national co-Chairman. He didn't help things (although we do feel his pain) when he made public comments about the way McCain is handling the all-important Pennsylvania.
From The Pittsburgh Tribune Review:
"Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge said today that John McCain can't become president without carrying Pennsylvania and that the race would be different if McCain had chosen him as his running mate.
"'I think the dynamics would be different in Pennsylvania,' Ridge said when asked if he should have been chosen to run as vice president over Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. 'I think we'd be foolish not to admit it publicly.'"
Admit it, yes. But .. publicly? Probably not if you are the McCain campaign's national co-Chairman.
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