McCain opens Pennsylvania campaign headquarters
By Kari Andren, Special to the Morning Call
June 21, 2008
John McCain’s campaign opened its Pennsylvania headquarters on Friday just steps from the Capitol.
The Harrisburg headquarters is one of 18 campaign offices the presumed Republican presidential nominee and Arizona senator is opening across the state.
Jon Seaton, McCain’s Pennsylvania campaign director, urged supporters to ”come inside and look around, grab a slice of pizza, grab a soda and then have a seat and grab a phone.
”This campaign will not be won by fancy rhetoric,” he said. ”It will be won on the ground by committed volunteers.”
About 25 people gathered for the midday celebration in a rowhouse on State Street. The crowd included both Republican loyalists and recent converts.
Camille Olive of Lewisburg, Union County, described herself as a ”Hillary Democrat”-turned-McCain supporter. ”[McCain] has the leadership qualities and bipartisan capabilities to get the economy back on track,” she said.State GOP spokesman Mike Barley said the Harrisburg office will have 15-20 campaign staffers and hopefully many volunteers.
McCain’s office opening comes two days after a Quinnipiac University poll showed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama besting McCain 52 percent to 40 percent in Pennsylvania.
Still, Joyce Haas, state GOP vice chairwoman, expressed confidence McCain will carry the state in November. ”When we win Pennsylvania,” she said, ”we will win the presidency for John McCain.”
Kari Andren is a summer intern for the Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents.
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If Mac wants to win, he should pick Sarah Palin Veep this week, BEFORE Hil Campaigns w/Obama!
In addition to her overwhelming attraction on the oil/energy issue and the female/disaffected Hillary voters, Palin’s human interest story will generate millions and millions of dollars worth of publicity and media coverage — essentially free to the McCain campaign — more than offsetting Obama’s reported money advantage.
Actully, can’t realistically imagine McCain selecting anyone other than Palin as his Veep!