It will be quite a run-off in November. Corbett's approval ratings hit rock bottom this past winter, and Wolf, who's from my area, rose from obscurity in a lackluster field of Democrats to run away with the nomination.

Corbett may not recover politically from having dramatically slashed the education budget, but he showed an ability to get things done and build bipartisan bridges with the transportation bill.

Incumbent governors never lose in PA. Corbett may be the first.

(By the way, in my earlier post I referred to the governor as Ridge. What the hell was I thinking? He was three governors ago.