Siena Poll finds Pa. up for grabs in prez race
New Poll by Siena College has Pa presidential race closing - 43 percent for Obama, 40 percent for Romney, with 12 percent undecided.
Siena Poll finds Pa. up for grabs in prez race
Thomas Fitzgerald, Inquirer Politics Writer
Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes seem up for grabs in a new Siena Research Institute Poll that shows a tight race, with President Obama leading Republican Mitt Romney 43 percent to 40 percent.
The Siena College survey finds 12 percnet of the state's voters undecided. It shows Romeny winning in the Philadelphia suburbs. "With a month and two more debates to go, Pennsylvania's direction on the road to the White House remains in doubt," said Don Levy, the poll director.
Obama is viewed favorably by 49 percent of the voters, to 44 percent who view the president unfavorably, while Romney's ratio is 40 percent favorable to 49 percent unfavorable, the poll finds.
Results are based on interviews with 545 likely voters between Oct. 1 and Oct. 5, and results are subject to a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.
What is interesting is this poll was done over 5 days, 3 before the debate and two after. Where would the numbers be if it was done this week? I think we will find out very soon!— Dutch-wayne- The Dems are going to lose if they spend the remainder of this campaign trying either to convince us that Romney is a severe conservative or a flip flopper. Most believe him to be Moderate, even the right (but they will chose him over Obama). Moderates don't care about a flipflopper, since that is often merely a hallmark feature of a Moderate!
The ONLY hope to win rhetorically is to tie Republican policies to the Bain Treatment of companies.
The Bain Model is to load companies up with debt, reduce the cost of labor by any means necessary, and hand money borrowed from banks on the good name of the company to rich investors in Bain. The final step is to declare bankruptcy and force the US Government to pay off the pensions at 25 cents on the dollar, since they are Federally guaranteed.
The Republican Model is to load the US up with debt, reduce the middle class by any means necessary, and hand money borrowed from China on the good name of the US to rich donors to the GOP campaigns. The final step is to declare we are in a debt crisis and force the Government to pay off Medicare and Social security at 25 cents on the dollar. In this scenario, they commit the added insult of cutting taxed for the rich.
IS THIS COMPARISON SO FREAKING HARD TO MAKE!!!???
As far as I'm concerned, if the Dems don't take this up line of attack and run with it, they don't deserve power in the next 4 years. Leave it for Hilary to bring up in her 2016 bid, for Heaven's sake.— LoganWadeSeixx 
All The Hype about Some Non-Gratis Peon job like "President" , it still surprises me how many robotic "Folks" still think He runs things in this Country .
"Secretary of State" is the job to Have , but One saving Grace is "Kerry" , and not for bringing a "Nouveau" Look to the Hair-Styling industry , He , and His immigrant (former Mrs. John Heinz) Wife , With All their Wealth Combined already Own 3/4 ths of The Known World , so it would Not be much of a Job to get along with a Country , or Banana Republic You already are The "Exalted Poobah" of already , ..............and Cousin , That's A Lot O' Ketchup (Catsup if You are my Mom) !
Just "Foller da munny " .— oldsog67
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