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Know who you're supporting for governor? No? It's OK. Neither does anyone else.
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Know who you're supporting for governor? No? It's OK. Neither does anyone else.
A weird, weird poll out of Franklin & Marshall tonight: According to f&m, less than three months out from the May primary, three of our Democratic gubernatorial candidates are tied Â… at 6 percent each. Seriously.
Oh, and no one's really paying attention to any of the other races either:
2010 Senate: Democratic Primary
33% Specter, 16% Sestak (chart)2010 Senate: General Election
Registered voters:
33% Specter, 29% Toomey
25% Toomey, 22% Sestak
So, let me get this right: In a choice between Specter, who's been this state's senator since, you know, forever, and Toomey, the former congressman/Club for Growth corporate whore who nearly knocked off Specter six years ago — hardly an unknown character — the winner is "I don't know"? Or that, in the relatively high profile race involving a longtime Repub who switched parties and a Navy admiral who pissed off his own party to challenge him, more than 51 percent of the electorate hasn't the slightest clue who they'll support less than 90 days from Election Day? Or that, in the freaking race for the freaking governor of the freaking commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the most any Democrat can muster is 6 freaking percent (in a poll, I should mention, with a 4.5 percent margin of error)?
Either this poll is all kinds of screwy, or Pennsylvania's voters are just ridiculously (and dangerously) uninterested and politically illiterate. If it's the latter, it doesn't bode well for our little experiment in democracy.
I'm voting for Corbett. The state needs a Republican governor. There's so much money thrown at Philly, for example, that is just wasted. While I appreciate the ideals of the Dems, my wallet says I can't afford to pay five times the market rate for one "affordable" house for the local family that deals crack and smack in my neighborhood. Philly needs more paying customers, and too many folks who don't need to be are on the dole here.
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