When Obama carries Pennsylvania next Tuesday, the tactics chosen by both campaigns today might illuminate the reason this once Red state has so many Obama signs along its roads. This morning Obama addressed 9,000 people in a cold rain in Chester, PA, while McCain and Palin, who were scheduled to appear 50 miles north in Quakertown, changed their plans due to the weather and went to Hershey instead.

Chester and Quakertown bracket a region which has traditionally voted Republican, but recently has seen a shift in voter registrations favoring the Democratic party. Bucks County, which used to be solidly Republican now leans Democrat 44% to 41% and there has been a net shift of 2% just since April.

Perhaps McCain should have brought a raincoat and stuck it out in Quakertown.

I don't know what this person is talking about, PA is usually BLUE. Also, I happen to see "McCain Palin"," Women for McCain","Go Sarah", and DEMOCRATS for McCain" signs everywhere. Every hard working person I know is afraid of what an Obama administration would bring--more taxes for people who are already cash strapped right now, more liberal judges for our courts, long national health care lines, and the freedom to protect oneself with a fire arm taken way. Oh, and kudos to my brother-in-law who is quoted in this article. His Democratic anger is apparent in many of the blue collar people in this area. Funny, as soon as McCain starts making strides the stocks go up!

One fish, two fish, Red state, Blue state - who cares? It's always amazing to me in Presidential elections, how we accentuate the positives of "our" guy, and absolutely rail on the negatives of "their" guy. The end rsult is never negating or fixing the negatives of either, and rarely getting the positives to achieve concensus. And yet, the US, the Constitution, and democracy, have all endured through 200 years of good and bad Presidents. McCain is an honorable man, and although his campaign and GOP strategists are quick to tell him that to "now try and distance yourself from Bush by saying our party may have let him run amok and didn't do enough to keep control" isn't what you need to do to energize the base, it is the truth, and is the first real example of McCain's maverickness since the convention. But that is not my point, because it changes nothing for me. I'm still voting Obama. If he turns out as bad as all of terrible things I've seen on the Internet, he still will be no worse than Bush, just as McCain will be no worse than Bush. Whoever wins, we will survive. Obama - higher taxes? yes probably and with better spending priorities that keep your tax dollars actually IN the US economy. McCain - lower taxes? yes probably and then beyond that I don't think he even has any plans, and I do know he's doing one Hell of a job scaring me that the world will go completely haywire with Obama, but he's going to be able to save me from all of that? I was impressed by one actual attributable comment I've heard made since this whole presidential process began. It was made by Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee at the forum/debates held at Regent University on 10/24/08. He said, (gist only- I can't remember the exact) - make no mistake. I will vote McCain because I am a Republican and I believe in what that means and stands for, and I think McCain will be good president. ( I have no problem with that. I have friends and family that feel that way, and I am glad that they can state themselves simply and eloquently without saying all of tha negative lies, rumors, really disgusting and veiled sly innuendo, etc ) However, I was most impressed by what Governor Huckabee went on to say... "Having said that, I want to add that I have never been prouder of America, that a black man is actually running for president, and even though I don't agree with his politics, I believe Barack Obama is qualified, and earned his right to be there. He proves and speaks to the true greatness of America that we have come to this point" Amen to that. I would like to add my own take to the greatness of America, and it's single greatest attribute, which is also it's single greatest protection - We all can have all the opinions we want, but we all only get one vote. So vote for whomever you feel will serve your needs best, and Nov.5th it's back in God's hand.