CAN MCCAIN WIN IN PENNSYLVANIA?
To analysts and pollsters watching the presidential campaign, it’s a no-brainer: Pennsylvania’s deeply blue. Some said Republican presidential candidate John McCain should heed polls that give his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, solid double-digit leads in the state, abandon ship and divert spending to more competitive states such as Ohio, Florida, Nevada and Colorado. But neither campaign sees it that way. Republicans said the state is still for grabs and Democrats said it’s no time to ease up. McCain and Michelle Obama spent Thursday in Pennsylvania, while McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, will visit Lancaster on Saturday. More visits from both sides are sure to follow. “We have our own polls, and we have much closer numbers,” Pennsylvania GOP spokesman Mike Barley said. “I’m obviously not making that up. Otherwise you wouldn’t see John McCain and Sarah Palin in the state so much.” Nor has the Obama campaign begun a victory lap. “We’re not paying attention to the polls,
