From the NEW YORK TIME Opinion Page:
…Lehigh Valley is a case study in the rapidly multiplying problems of the Republican Party, its successes in 2010 notwithstanding. From 1968 to 1988, Lehigh County was solidly Republican, voting for Richard Nixon over Hubert Humphrey 50-46 (with 4 percent for the segregationist George C. Wallace); for Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter, 53-36; and for George H. W. Bush over Michael Dukakis, 56-43.
In every presidential election since 1988, however, the Democratic nominee has carried Lehigh County, culminating in Obama’s 2008 57-42 victory…
The reason Romney has a strong, 13-point edge among all white working class voters, according to the P.R.R.I. findings, is that in the South his margin is huge. In the rest of the country, the white working class is much more closely divided…
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EDITOR: This is an article that does not lend itself to excerpts and merits being read in its entirety.
The Republicans STILL don’t understand that Obama did not win the 2008 election — the Republicans LOST the election.
I would not have voted for such an inexperienced candidate as Obama, but he was far better than the elitist Republicans and their endless corporate welfare programs.
As for 2012, the Republicans did not have one viable candidate with any traction. Too bad, many Republican ideas are sound, but nothing will happen until they find a way to get in the game. I’m afraid (for them) that there aren’t enough rich people out there to win elections.
Signed – a registered Republican.
There is nothing wrong with Pennsylvania except that “outsiders”, unhappy with their quality of life, moved to PA and brought their political persuasions with them. I saw the same political change in Vermont. Over a period of 20+ years I saw a solid conservative state move to a solidly progressive state. I decided to move back to PA when I discovered not a single member of the Vermont state senate was born and raised in Vermont. I’m sure the Romney campaign is spending time and money where they see fit.
Has G. Terry Madonna EVER conducted a poll where he DIDN’T say the Democratic candidate(s) were ahead?????
If LNP is going to be a ‘non-partisan’ newspaper (as they claim in their ‘commitment’ fluff-piece); they better start reviewing their own in-house columnists (Murse, Alexander, Hawkes and Smart) who all lean to the left, and they better start offering a rebuttal voice to Madonna.
Of course, none of the above will ever happen under current ownership/management.