It's been fun following the Obama campaign in Pennsylvania. It's my state, even if only now a state of mind. I'm excited about what this election today may show. There are many Pennsylvanias--not just the old cliches favored by TV pundits. MSNBC even thought it was important to poll the preferences of beer drinkers, gun owners and bowlers. That may be PA but it's not the whole PA. It's alot more complex than that, and each stereotyped region is a lot more subtle.
Back when the Governor's office of Bob Casey, Sr. was my client, I wrote a document called "The New Pennsylvania: A Commonwealth That Works." Today we'll see who shows up, and in what numbers: the old PA or the New Pennsylvania.
Which is a newcombination of old and new, tradition and the future.
But there are things that unite places. That's Barack Obama over there, with Steelers owner and local icon, the nationally revered Dan Rooney.
Who endorsed Obama, as did Franco Harris and the Bus. There are lots of
different Pittsburghs. But the Steelers are all those Pittsburghs; they are Pittsburgh.
Everybody's got a town. San Francisco is still a fantasy to me, and Vancouver is a dream. Pittsburgh is still my town. Do the right thing, Pittsburgh. You can make history today, Pennsylvania. You can essentially nominate the next President. I'm pretty sure you're going to make it just about impossible for anyone else to get the Democratic nomination but Barack Obama.
It's going to be a fun day just thinking about you.
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