PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: …Polls suggest Wolf, 65, stands a good chance of becoming the state’s chief executive in his first run for office. With projected deficits, a legislature likely to stay in Republican hands, and voters impatient for a turnaround, his prize could be the steepest learning curve of his life.
In many respects, Wolf has approached the campaign trail as a series of seminars. He has debriefed fruit vendors at the Allentown Farmer’s Market, watched major-league baseball bats lathed at Chandler’s Bats in Norristown, interrogated teachers about lesson plans and budget needs at dozens of schools.
“Sometimes you get the sense that politics is just about show,” Wolf said after getting schooled on his sweeping technique. “For me, this has been as much about learning and gathering information as it is about trying to tell people about who I am.”… (more)
