PENNLIVE.COM ANALYSIS: The last thing an incumbent governor with dismal approval ratings and his own party mumbling that he’s underperformed needs is an agitated president from the opposition party throwing his political muscle into the midterm elections…
The governor has seen his approval ratings reach 50 percent just once in the two years he’s been in office. He has been tentative about advancing big ticket GOP legislative items, and may even face a primary challenge next year.
And yet the most daunting prospect of his anticipated 2014 re-election bid may be a politically hyper-active Barack Obama, hungry to finish his second presidential term on a high by forcing out the conservative Republican majority in the House that has stymied his every step… (more)
