Tom Wolf (D. PA) with President Obama at a campaign stop at my Alma Mater, Temple University, in Philadelphia.
As well know, tomorrow is a big day because it's Election Day. But this year, in Pennsylvania, this is going to be historic one:
http://www.phillymag.com/...
One way or another, Gov. Tom Corbett is about to make history.
Win, and he’ll have secured an improbable come-from-behind victory of a magnitude almost never seen in American politics. He spent much of the campaign around 20 points behind challenger Tom Wolf in the polls; those numbers have tightened lately — could Corbett pull off a political miracle?
Lose, and he'll be the first Pennsylvania governor to fail to win re-election since the state started permitting two terms in 1968. - Philly Mag, 11/3/14
Yeah, I wouldn't put my money or Corbett making history by pulling off a miraculous comeback:
http://triblive.com/...
“Governor Corbett has to pull a rabbit out of the hat the last few days,” said David Thornburgh, executive director of the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania and the son of former Gov. Dick Thornburgh.
Thornburgh noted that polls show a varying lead by Wolf, but “you see the polls all running in the same direction.”
If Corbett loses, he would be the first incumbent to be defeated since Pennsylvania allowed governors to seek second terms under the 1968 Constitution. The late Milton Shapp, elected in 1970 and 1974, was the first governor to win a second term.
Thornburgh and other analysts cannot recall any gubernatorial candidate in recent history winning a race when trailing in polls by double digits or slightly less in the campaign's final days.
Yet a Corbett comeback is not out of the question, especially if voter turnout is abysmal in the Democratic strongholds of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and Republicans “come home” for Corbett in huge numbers, said Michael Cassidy, an instructor at Temple University's Harrisburg campus who worked for 36 years for the House Democratic Caucus.
But such a feat is unlikely: Corbett's favorability ratings were low throughout his first term, even among members of his party. He appeared aloof and was unable to persuade a GOP-majority Legislature to support his agenda. Teachers and parents decried the loss of public education money in his first budget, and environmentalists accused him of being too friendly with shale gas drillers because he did not support an extraction tax.
Some conservatives said Corbett was not conservative enough.
“The election has been about Corbett,” Cassidy said. - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 11/1/14
Wolf and Corbett are taking GOTV efforts very seriously and are fighting until the very end:
http://www.post-gazette.com/...
President Barack Obama called on a crowd Sunday night at Temple University to elect Democrat Tom Wolf governor Tuesday, casting the election as a choice between failed trickle-down economics and shared prosperity based on a strong middle class.
“The biggest corporations, they don’t need another champion. The wealthiest Americans don’t need another champion, they’re doing just fine,” Mr. Obama said.
But the hardworking single mother and the first-generation college student need a champion like Mr. Wolf, the president said, “somebody who understands that opportunity for all is what America’s all about, opportunity for all is what Pennsylvania's all about.”
In what may be his last midterm political rally while still in office, Mr. Obama sought to stoke voter turnout in the Democratic stronghold of Philadelphia two days before polls open.
Meanwhile, in the northern Philadelphia suburb of Ivyland in Bucks county, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie did what he came to do: Stir up the crowd Sunday night to vote for Republican Gov. Tom Corbett. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11/3/14
In fact, the Wolf campaign wants you to help you spread the word about voting tomorrow:
Check out this list of seven reasons to vote for Tom Wolf, and then share it with a friend who needs to be reminded to vote on Tuesday.
1. Two Presidents of the United States -- President Barack Obama and President Bill Clinton -- have said Tom will bring a better future to Pennsylvania as governor.
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2. Tom cares about the education of every child in Pennsylvania and will restore Governor Corbett's $1 billion in cuts to Pennsylvania schools.
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3. Tom has a plan to make Pennsylvania a leader in job growth once again -- and the business experience to see it through.
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4. As a strong advocate on issues important to women, Tom believes in equal pay for equal work and will fight to end salary discrimination based on gender.
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5. Tom rescued his former company, saved hundreds of jobs, and re-invented the business model -- and he'll do the same for Pennsylvania's economy.
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6. Tom's plan to give Pennsylvania a fresh start has earned him the endorsements from newspapers across the state.
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7. Two First Ladies of the United States -- First Lady Michelle Obama and First Lady Hillary Clinton -- say Tom is the right leader for the right time for Pennsylvania's hard-working families.
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That was fun, right? Now before you do anything else forward this email to friend to remind them to vote for Tom Wolf on Tuesday.
You rock,
Joe
Joe Shafer
Campaign Manager
Tom Wolf for Governor
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