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The McCain campaign is pulling back in New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Colorado, Maine and Minnesota. The place where it appears to be rededicating itself? Pennsylvania. Pats, Packers, Broncos, and Vikings fans, you can now enjoy your Sunday football free of election advertising, which I’m sure you’re thoroughly sick of by now. Steelers and Eagles fans, no such luck.
For a pretty solid explanation of the McCain campaign’s move, which appears to fly in the face of recent PA polling, check out Open Left.
And for the record, John McCain isn’t helping his own cause in PA. See this video, in which McCain attempts to respond to a claim by Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) that Western Pennsylvania is “racist”.
