Clinton has established her lead by [...] successfully appealing to several important voter groups, maintaining support across most major regions of the state, and convincing most voters she will deliver on the critical issues.
The latest polls look a little better for Obama in PA, but I refuse to get my hopes up. Clinton has Rendell and the state machinery pretty much locked down, which will give her a boost from the ground game. So I expect Obama to do a few points worse than whatever the polls show a few days beforehand. I just don’t want him surging in the polls, because it raises expectations too high.
The latest polls look a little better for Obama in PA, but I refuse to get my hopes up. Clinton has Rendell and the state machinery pretty much locked down, which will give her a boost from the ground game. So I expect Obama to do a few points worse than whatever the polls show a few days beforehand. I just don’t want him surging in the polls, because it raises expectations too high.