Pennsylvania 2014 Discussion Thread

[President Johnson]

There's a new poll now, with Tom Corbett trailing badly. Wolf receives 59% while Corbett is at 35%. Governor Corbett seems to be finshed. http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/pennsylvania/release-detail?ReleaseID=2078

[President Johnson]

Wolf, although his performance was not bad, was vague on many issues, while Corbett was lot more accurate. I would say Gov. Corbett won the debate. His numbers might be improving, but not enough to win the election.

[President Johnson]

If anyone wants to watch the second debate you can here:

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/10643254-breakfast-with-the-candidates-debate-part-1/
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/10643271-breakfast-with-the-candidates-debate-part-2/

It was a pretty good debate, definitely better than the first one which was kind of a snoozefest. Both candidates had their moments and got their zingers in.

Wolf had a better performance than in the first debate, but Corbett still won.

[President Johnson]

Final debate tonight. Corbett is obviously going to go hard in this one.

Unfortunately it won't help him that much.

[President Johnson]

If there was a bag that you knew had nothing but bad things, and another bag, that you don't know anything about, but might be better, which would you pick?

I don't think Corbett is a bag full of bad things. He didn't do everything right, but just compare him to other GOP governors like Scott or Perry.

Another interesting question in PA is: If Wolf is elected, what seems to be almost certain now, how is he going to deal with the republican State Legislature? And in which direction will his popularity develop after his inauguartion in January? If he is only elected on an "anti-Corbett-platform", his popularity might decline soon. Especially when he proves to be unable to work with republican legislators.

[President Johnson]

Is this really a testing or are these numbers the results of the early vote? I noticed that the numbers change all the time. http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/

[President Johnson]

Is this really a testing or are these numbers the results of the early vote? I noticed that the numbers change all the time. http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/

Tom Corbett is only losing by .08% so I'm pretty sure it's just a test

Yesterday he lead with 0.03%. Likely just test, but in recent polls Corbett closed the gap a bit. I think there's a 10% chance the governor still wins.

[President Johnson]

His margin was way lower than I expected to be. Do you think Corbett would give 2018 a try?

I want to say what's wrong with you, but instead, I'll just say... why?

I was incredibly tired when I made that comment. I apologize.

It's fine. We all were.

I'd like to see him running again. But no, Corbett will retire, he's 65 years old.

[President Johnson]

Interesting in this election is, that Wolf only got a little more votes than Dan Onorato received four years ago (nearly 1.9 million), while Corbett lost more than 500,000 compared to 2010. Had he been able to retain the 2.1 million votes he got in 2010, Corbett would have won easily.