Comments on: Pennsylvania could be in play for the GOP in the future

By: Blaise

Blaise — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:18:40 +0000

Fool’s gold.

By: changer1701

changer1701 — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:45:13 +0000

Would be nice. The GOP needs to expand the map, because their footprint is increasingly shrinking.

By: HitNRun

HitNRun — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:29:12 +0000

As a Philly burb resident, I’ve been made permanently skeptical of GOP efforts here. I can tell you that Dubya would have won the state in ’04 if not for the pervasive “He’s gonna bring back the draft!” rumor, which animated everyone around me to extent that I’ve never seen and that people who live in Bush country can scarcely understand. Whites around here are of the highly paranoid and skeptical Catholic persuasion.

But that 2 point loss is as close as I can imagine a Republican coming in the current environment. The fact is, there are just too many minorities and white liberals in Philadelphia for the Republicans to actually win, and too many conservative voters in the rest of the state for the state to ever seem out of reach.

One thing is certain, though: the GOP needs to work on turning ONE of these light blue states purple. If not PA, then MI or WI or MN. This election has made clear that the GOP cannot count on the FL + VA + OH + 1 strategy. It’s too easy for the Dems to smother. VA fell to the left of Ohio this year for probably the first time in living memory. What are we going to do when there’s *two* Ohios (i.e. somewhat hostile states) that must be won?

By: bob77

bob77 — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:52:49 +0000

Until then, I want them to SUFFER greatly.

By: dentalque

dentalque — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:42:39 +0000

I won't pull it away Charlie Brown I really won't I really promise this time!

By: Punchenko

Punchenko — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:30:39 +0000

The GOP should start investing in “community organizers” to troll for every vote in rural counties and the suburbs. We need to start dragging folks to the polls like the Democrats.

By: darwin

darwin — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:23:36 +0000

Democrat cheating and fraud have made a mockery of elections. We can’t win against that.

By: forest

forest — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:18:12 +0000

All we have to do is overcome the net +465,000 votes the Democrat will get out of Philly…

Even with Pittsburgh, Scranton, Allentown, Harrisburg, Erie, and limo libs in the Philly burbs, PA is a solidly Republican state.

That half million votes from Philly is tough to overcome. Put that city in any state except maybe Texas, and it goes blue.

By: tjexcite

tjexcite — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:11:11 +0000

Once people actually feel the pain of depression that the media can not hide it and SNAP cards can not cover. All 50 state will be in play.

In the end re-elected was the worse thing that can happen for the Democrats if the right lets it be, as after 8 years everyone will have forgotten the 2008 recession and Bush to blame, The 2013-14 full depression would make them rename the 30′ great depression to lesser depression and 14 the real great depression.

By: Timin203

Timin203 — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:10:40 +0000

Silver has been crowned the election predictor pope, and in his mercy, is reaching across the aisle. Here pubs, take a tissue, I’ll give you a bit of hope.

tommy71 on November 24, 2012 at 9:49 AM

Whatever. Let’s not worry about PA or 2016 right now. I don’t think we can win a national election again.