PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER:… [Gov. Tom] Corbett is holding more press events, making more appearances touting jobs in the southeast, shifting his stance on programs that help low-income people and sharing the podium at events with the GOP’s popular elder statesman, former Gov. Tom Ridge…
“No incumbent in modern history has had this low job-performance [numbers] at this point seeking a second term,” said Terry Madonna, the Franklin and Marshall College pollster, whose August poll found only 38 percent of Republicans would support Corbett.
Madonna said Corbett’s decision to back Medicaid expansion and reevaluate the food-stamp asset test suggested he may be trying to appeal to a wider range of voters in the southeast… (more)
