[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
Big Labor took devastating hits in previous strongholds like Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania and nearly all of the “goodwill” that Obama amassed in his run during the ’08 presidential run has evaporated. If you pay attention to the sums expended by Big Labor groups like SEIU and AFSCME (and they were amongst the leading spenders), they spent huge money and still lost.
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I don’t think you can make that statement about Pennsylvania. The labor strongholds of Philly, Montgomery county, Pittsburg, Allentown – all went strongly Sestak.

James Carville described Pennsylvania pretty accurately: “Philadelphia on one end, Pittsburgh on the other, and Alabama in the middle”

Remember Pennsylvania voted in Rick Santorum for a few terms. It’s not a solid blue state. It’s as purple as they get.