Pennsylvania Politics -- Rendell Coasts

The latest Quinnipiac poll shows Ed Rendell with a nineteen [nineteen!!!] point lead over challenger Lynn Swann. Stick a fork in this one. It's done.

"Lynn Swann has failed to make any significant headway against Gov. Rendell over the summer. The former Steeler wide receiver's two big problems are that 38 percent of likely voters don't know him well enough to form an opinion and about a quarter of Republicans are voting for the Democratic Governor," said Clay F. Richards, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

"Meanwhile 'Teflon Ed' continues to get high marks from the voters and 54 percent say he deserves another term in Harrisburg."

It's "Hail Mary" time for Swanny. He's invited George Bush in to speak for him at Lancaster. That's not going to sway any votes, but at least Bush is a proven fundraiser and Swann really, really needs an infusion of cash if he is going to make a race of it.

Read it here.

Bush came, he spoke, and the Swann campaign raised a seven hundred thousand dollars. They're going to need every one of them.

Read about it here.