PA has been a Blue State since 1988. The PA House first gerrymandered the Congressional districts to protect Republican congressmen and jeopardize the Democrats. My present congressional district is a selection of several contiguous counties, connected by a thin strip stretching 85 miles northeast to another block. Then they tried to change our electoral apportionment, so that the electoral votes would be divided by determining which candidate won which district. If Obama would garner the same votes he received in '08, he'd win a solid majority of the votes, but he'd lose a majority of the electoral votes.

Fortunately this was shot down.

Also, our Governor Tom Corbett, who as Attorney General refused to investigate Jerry Sandusky's organization, Second Mile, told his State GOP committees that to win his 2010 election, he needed to keep voter turnout down at 50% to insure victory. They see this as the master plan for a possible Romney victory in November.