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Why Is McCain Spending So Much Time in Pennsylvania?
They see the Keystone State as essential on their path to victory. So Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., his wife Cindy, and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are spending considerable time in the state. "We love Pennsylvania!" McCain campaign manager Rick Davis...
On the Road: Western Pennsylvania
fivethirtyeight.com — “I walked five miles to get out of Pittsburgh, and two rides, an apple truck and a... big trailer truck, took me to Harrisburg in the soft Indian-summer rainy night. I cut right along. I wanted to get home…. That night in Harrisburg I had to sleep in ... (more) On the Road: Western Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Republicans Send False Anti-Obama E-mail
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com — An e-mail sent to Jewish voters equated a vote for Senator Barack Obama with the "tragic mistake"... of their Jewish ancestors, who "ignored the warning signs in the 1930's and 1940's." (more) Pennsylvania Republicans Send False Anti-Obama E-mail
Why John McCain Continues to Trail Barack Obama in Pennsylvania
usnews.com — Well-heeled voters in the Philadelphia area are angry about their declining wealth.... (more) Why John McCain Continues to Trail Barack Obama in ...
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Remainders: President Google
Ben Smith's Blog — Obama pulling away in swing counties, according to a new InsiderAdvantage/Politico poll.  Page Six admits it screwed up an item about Michelle — they even got the hotel she was staying at wrong.  Tapper wonders why McCain still tries for Pennsylvania. Obama could run Google. Their CEO's endorsement comes as the DOJ prepares a big move against their agreement with Yahoo. Nothing to see here. Palin's college classmates don't really remember anything about her. Nonpartisan, ...

Quote of the Day
The Stump — "I would remind everybody that the night before the Pennsylvania primary, Barack Obama had his biggest crowd he'd ever had there, thirty-two thousand people, and got trounced by ten points when everybody including all of you on the phone thought he was going to sweep the state by a margin of clear victory." --Obama campaign manager Rick Davis, on a Monday conference call. The problem, as Tapper notes, is almost no poll or pundit ever predicted an Obama win in PA. --Michael Crowley

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