Bobert, don't worry. The story that Amos is referring to was the Kerry spinning for the day in Philly. It got lots of attention, but not because he is going to win PA. It got lots of attention because he showed up with Clinton, in hopes that Clinton's popularity will rub off on him. NO news value whatsoever. Just spin of the day stuff.

I was in that very part of PA this summer that you drove through. It is, sadly, now Republican territory. Though it was once strong Democratic country, that area is now one of the pockets of the Rust Belt, which never recovered from the losses when all the factories and foundries closed. Other parts of the area are rural ag, which seems to have gone over to the Repubs for good in a lot of places.

They've also started to refer to Arlen Specter as a Republican moderate, and nothing is more scarey than that.