LEHIGH VALLEY MORNING CALL: Heading down the home stretch, York businessman Tom Wolf is maintaining the wide lead he built over his fellow Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls with a barrage of early TV ads.
The first statewide poll of the contest in more than a month shows support for Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz and state Treasurer Rob McCord creeping up, but they’re still trailing Wolf by more than 20 points…
Add in undecided voters who are leaning toward one candidate, and Wolf comes away with 42 percent, Schwartz 16 percent, McCord 14 percent and McGinty 3 percent… (more)
EDITOR: Tom Wolf appears to have bought himself the nomination. Tom Corbett must be thrilled with the prospect of facing Wolf in November. Democrats have a way of seizing defeat from almost certain victory.
“Tom Corbett must be thrilled with the prospect of facing Wolf in November. Democrats have a way of seizing defeat from almost certain victory.”
I very much doubt that. I’ve already heard several Republicans looking forward to voting for Wolf, who has very centralist viewpoints. Plus as one person reported in the article —
“‘I don’t want to see anybody who has been in politics,’ Euerr said.”
EDITOR: Then all we have to worry about is what he will do when he gets in.