McCain is talking about a spending freeze as some kind of cure all. The auto industry will likely need a financial bailout in the next year to survive until 2010 when their fuel efficient new cars will hit the market. Under McCain that likely won't happen. This industry is the largest employer in the midwest, accounting for 10% of the total US workforce. What happens when 10% of our workforce goes on unemployment and all of our new car purchase dollars go overseas? Those states won't even be able to fund their public schools. Obama has said he will help what remains of our auto industry and frankly his proposed spending cannot survive allowing 10% of our work force to disappear. The auto industry has leverage there that they don't have with trickle-down puritan McCain. McCain has to win Pennsylvania to have a good shot at winning this election. His odds are horrible if he loses PA. I heard on the news today that if Obama wins Philadelphia by 650K votes, he will likely win the state. If he wins the state, he probably wins the election. So I am begging you, good folks of Philadelphia, vote for Obama in large numbers tomorrow. You guys are the city of brotherly love. Even if you don't like Obama, think of your Big 10 brothers who need the jobs. You can decide this election. Man, drudge is getting ridiculous. Obama, like every other dem, wants to control pollution. Obama makes a statement that says if coal company's want to build dirty plants they will go bankrupt under his proposed cap and trade system on carbon and greenhouse gases. The obvious answer is build clean ones, but Palin takes that to mean "Obama wants to bankrupt the coal industry!!!" This is just so incredibly stupid. Obama's economic plan is entirely based off getting a large a share of the US populace working as possible to pay for his proposed spending efforts. He isn't going to actively force people off the tax rolls and onto the unemployment rolls. This garbage may legitmately work in rural WV, but it won't work with people in Philadelphia who frankly are much better educated OVERALL.
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My Republican sister lives in Philly. I will call her right now and BEG her not to to ruin the entire country by voting for McSame..
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It all depends how far the coal story on Drudge goes today, to answer your question.
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If killing the coal industry isn't a sure way of throwing this country into financial ruin, I don't know what is. Coal to the US is what oil to OPEC is. We have tons of coal. It won't last forever but we have tons of it that can be used right now. If you want financial ruin, Obama is your man. Pennsylvania will get hit hard in particular along with other coal states.
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I'm with you. I'm in Philly suburbs, and we're heavy Obama.
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Governor Rendel thinks he will lose Philly by 750,000. the mcSAme camp figures that if they lose Philly by only 400,000 they can win. i agree with Gov Rendel because the polls don't account for the thousands of blacks in Philly that have recently registered. many of whom have already voted.
