Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney has brought Pennsylvania back into the election race, looking to spend millions in a late campaign blitz aimed at wresting the state from President Obama.
Neither candidate spent much time or money in Pennsylvania as polls showed the president with a comfortable lead of 9-11 points in the polls.
But that lead has disappeared in recent weeks, so much so that the Republican challenger now believes that a victory is possible.
Estimates from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette are that the Romney campaign and friendly PAC's could spend some six million dollars in the campaign. The Obama camp is countering with upwards of two million dollars in spending so far.
A Romney victory here would be a major upset and a significant blow to President Obama's chances of re-election.
"For them to come here and spend the kind of money they are talking about, millions of dollars is an indication that they think they have a real chance to win Pennsylvania," says Mercyhurst University Political Science Professor Michael Federici.
The last minute blitz is jamming commercial schedules on TV and radio stations across the state with what is already a busy last weekend before Election Day.
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