The latest head-to-head from Susquehanna has McCain beating Obama by one point despite losing among independents because McCain gets nearly a quarter of Democratic voters (or presumably half of Clinton supporters).  This is a sign that the Clinton character assassination campaign against the likely Dem nominee is working and is having a real significant affect on Democratic chances in general in November.  It's abcolutely appalling and she and her enablers/supporters int he Clinton smear machine should be ashamed of themselves.  The ongoing primary and registration drive is only a positive if those voters vote Democratic in November, and that means that Hillary must cease and desist from the negative smear campaign immediately.

The received wisdom that a primary that drags on  - is in fact here incorrect.

Pennsylvania now correctly perceives herself as being a real voice in the process. It is a large prize of delegates.

CNN reports today that the Caucus results are now showing that Obama won Texas by a significant number of delegates and the two must-win primaries that Clinton required, Ohio, and Texas - are now winnowed down to only one. Ohio.

It is my firm belief that as much as New Hampshire actively decided to stand back and let America gather perspective on the importance of this election - after Hillarys resounding defeat in Iowa - Pennsylvania will step in with a decisive victory for either candidate and
we will see pressure to apply the popular vote and overall vote template against superdelegates to finish the race.

This is not about Dems for a day - its about a perfect storm of American political change. A failed approach in foreign policy - and a new direction - that is generating global as well as local interest.

The GOP voters in Pennsylvania that get excited about People like Rick Santorum are sitting it out. They are disenchanted with McCain but will likely support them, albeit in low numbers. They are too focussed on the crawl at the bottom of their screen and have become too dependent on
their party machinery to tell them what to think.
They have brokend down, as the GOP has broken down.

This is huge for the Democratic party. I think a very positive influence. I agree completely.

And Bush Republicanism is a badge that will have to be worn for a decade, for some.

Too bad Hillary's support of George Bush's war makes her one of them.

The "Dems for a Day" was an Obama strategy that started in Florida, and then was tried in Texas.

How many of those new "democrats" are Limbaugh republicans who have re-registered to vote for Hillary so they can vote for McCain against her in the general?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/12/ 81339/4516/40/474909

As someone pointed out either here or on Kos, a voter registration drive on college campuses would have to be good for Obama and good for the party.  The diary I read said that an unenrolled voter has to refile as a Democrat by 24 March to vote in the primary -- it seems to me that the Obama campaign should be flying airplanes over the college campuses telling students to register Dem by then.

Funny how there's barely a mention of Geraldine Ferraro's racist rants against Obama on this site.

How utterly convenient.

In a presidential election it's not "swing voters in swing regions of swing states". It doesn't matter what region a voter lives in within a state. They all go into the same total in determining who wins the electoral vote (except in Maine and Nebraska, where congressional districts matter).

It's just "swing voters in swing states".

   Shortsighted idiots are present in this thread.  We are registering real Democrats in Pennsylvania.  Do you morons know how hard it is to change registration in Pennsylvania?  It's the equivalent difficulty of voting absentee (really a high level of work for participation).  There are more Democrats because activists are working hard to register them.  No "Limbaugh Democrats" are being registered.  

i mentioned some days ago that this is the one positive coming out of this whole primary going on to this point.

but don't think that the primary going on to this point is actually a good thing overall. On the contrary, it looks like the longer it takes to figure out the nominee, the worse it will be for the GE.

More registered Democrats in PA is a good thing no matter how you slice it. Yeah, some mischief Republicans will probably get swept up in the nets too, but if I was one of McCain's strategists these numbers would make me sad.

Re-reading Jon's post (I enjoy his writing immensely) it struck me a number, that I did not see.

Democrats rank and file are grew 1,600% more than the GOP in Pennsylvannia.

If we account for the obvious - "the race is over" type stuff that must be happening with
the GOP primary vote right now (GOP are probably saying to themselves that they'd vote for the easter bunny and it would not make a difference in their primary, McCain is the nominee..)..

I would say that still, the Dems are probably 50 to 60 percent stronger in real enrollment. I base this number on the figures that came in from Iowa, and the other caucuses that followed.

Thats huge.

I shudder about PA. Remember 1968? Wallace did very well there in the primary and went on to take (I think) 8% of the GE vote.  The CLintons know their history. Are we talking about Hillary George Wallace Clinton intentionally manipulating a racist impulse among white ethnics. If that happens, and the Supers give it to her, expect Armageddon. we are not talking about people voting for McCain. We are talking about people marching down to their Board of Elections and a massive  de-registering of Democrats.

The real question is whether these new Democrats will vote for Democrats in November, if they vote at all.  We won't know until it happens.

How can MyDD have this story on its front page, yet a recommended diary screaming that Obama's campaign is trying to steal voters...by registering them as Democrats? The increase in voters has to come from somewhere. You can't celebrate new members with one hand, and then claim that actually getting them signed up is partisan and horrible with the other.

The cognitive dissonance is amazing.

This whole primary 'thing' is getting boring now. Yes it is a historic campaign, yes it has been fantastic for the party.
But I don't know about you, i'm getting fatigue. Obama has clearly won. It's time to put this whole charade over and get behind him.

HRC is waiting for a miracle messiah moment and it's now just a bore.