The Republicans are desperate for Pennsylvania.

[drm604]

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When I got home tonight I had two voicemails waiting for me. One was Newt Gingrich asking me to vote for "commonsense conservative values". It was paid for by some PAC. The other one was from some other PAC asking me to vote for Mitt Romney and Tom Smith. They certainly are barking up the wrong tree with me.

Edited to add: And i just now got a call from the "Faith and Freedom Coalition". It was Mike Huckabee! Their equipment seems to be buggy. There was a long period of silence after I said hello, to the point that I almost hung up before it started. When it finally did start it said "Hello, this is Mike Huckabee" three times. I thought it was stuck somehow.

[barnabas63]

1. There's no way Pennsylvania would go republican!

They're really grasping at straws now.....can't wait until Tuesday night!

[Mnemosyne]

2. Approximately eight rMoney ads per hour where I'm at. Sickening. And Smith is a smarmy creep. nt

[DefenseLawyer]

8. Good ol Tom Smith

Who said that his daughter having a child out of wedlock was "similar" to being raped.

[Mnemosyne]

27. Makes me want to kick the tv. Nasty lying pos. nt

[Dash Riprock]

26. I once spent half a day with Tom Smith

riding around in his pickup truck about 8 years ago. He was interested in stripping some coal from some property I owned and I told him I wanted to see some examples of how he restored the land after stripping the coal. He picked me up and took me to some sites he's stripped and restored. He said he follows all federal and state regulations (you know the ones he wants to get rid of if elected) when mining coal. He seemed like a nice guy until we were done and heading back to my car and just talking smalltalk. He said some racist comment that I don't remember what it was, but I do remember being very uncomfortable in his truck afterwards. I will be voting for Bob Casey.

[Mnemosyne]

28. Racism seems inherent in most of them. How'd his examples of restoration seem?

Welcome to DU!

[sadbear]

3. Hannity had Krauthammer on to talk about Pennsylvania tonight...

I tried to watch, but I could actually feel brain cells dying, to I changed the channel ASAP. Anyway, they were talking about a single paragraph in the NYT that alluded to some "tangible" momentum or something. I felt embarrassed for them.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

4. Well, they are not getting it

Beat it, Republicans!

[oberliner]

5. Nate Silver gives Obama a 96% chance of winning PA

Those are pretty good odds.

[Barack_America]

6. Sarah Palin called me in Michigan yesterday.

Came downstairs to find my mom and toddler son laughing uproariously. When I asked them what was so funny, my mother said to my son, "Sarah Palin called your mommy!".

[yellowcanine]

7. Pubbies are hanging onto Southwestern PA "coal country" which consists of one county with 23000

registered voters. They are nuts. They need PA because the Ohio door has slammed shut. Interestingly they are right where McCain was in 2008 -making a play for PA as a last ditch hail mary. But like McCain, they will not win it and even if they did, would still most likely fall well short of 270.

[Sugarcoated]

9. I got one from Clint

[drm604]

11. I like a lot of his old movies.

He should stick to show business.

[Generic Brad]

10. You would think they would spend their money more wisely

But then you would have to presume they were wise in the first place. And that aint happening.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

[Jester Messiah]

12. The Republicans are desperate, period.

They're a scared and shrinking demographic. Their fury will increase as their impotence grows. On the plus side, the increased stress will kill 'em off faster.

Yeah I said it. Drop dead, 'pubbies.

[-LOKI -BAD FOR YA]

13. robme is making money from ads

[drm604]

14. Is he making money from robocalls?

[-LOKI -BAD FOR YA]

15. he own clear channel radio stations and billboards,voting machines companies,

their were some shady robocalls outfits,since they are shady,robme was natural love for them.he outsourced the robocalls jobs to china.

[Blue Idaho]

16. Republican Fools Gold...

Not going to happen. I wonder if they are there because its the only place left to buy air time. They may be trying to burn off some of that obscene contributor cash.

[distantearlywarning]

17. I live in Pittsburgh.

Just about as urban a neighborhood as you can get, 60% African-American and 99% liberal. I came home last night to a message warning me about "Obamacare" and another one from Clint Eastwood!

Smells like desperation to me.

[Lightsource777]

18. If Florida is actually close

Why would they go for Pennsylvania at this late stage?

Either way their attempts are interesting and I am sure books will be written...

[drm604]

19. That's a good question.

Florida has 29 electoral votes while PA only has 20. I wonder if Florida is also getting a last minute blitzkrieg of ads.

[Lightsource777]

21. hmm

and Michelle Obama is supposedly going there now on Monday so it is probably not a 6+ lead for Romney. But I have very low confidence in the polls being remotely reliable this time around. They have become a political weapon and narrative tool it seems.

[DCBob]

20. "books will be written"

comic books.

[AlinPA]

22. The TV ads for Romney are continuous. I have not seen an Obama ad since last week (the one

about the factory in IL that Romney moved to China).

[BumRushDaShow]

23. They even started running commercials here in Philly

the past week - this the bastion of blue PA. But they know it's the 4th largest media market and it covers south Jersey and Delaware too. Obama actually never let up running commercials here - not only through the summer but through fall too, changing them up to show some of the latest at the time.

Whenever I happen upon a Rmoney commercial or TV or radio, off it goes.

[fujiyama]

24. They seem to do this every election year

and the closest they got was losing by a bit under 3 points in '04.

This is not the year they take PA. McCain made a last ditch effort in the state as well. He lost by nearly 10 points. Even their go to pollster Rassy said it's a fantasy to take MI, MN, or PA.

It's nice to see that the Obama team is not falling for this bait.

[DerelictDeminGA]

25. Republican mantra every four years

"we've got a shot in Pa this time around."