Article: McCain Trying to Win Northeast Phila. in order to Win PA.

[JPZenger]

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-asdasdda.6634679oct19,0,247191.story

Excerpts:

"Pennsylvania Republicans are targeting 17 wards in Northeast and South Philadelphia that are home to high concentrations of white, blue-collar voters and large immigrant communities in a bold effort to blunt Democrat Barack Obama's margin of victory in the city...Behind the scenes, the party says it is spending $300,000 on behalf of McCain in Philadelphia on everything from targeted newspaper buys -- including ads in Latino, Korean and Vietnamese publications -- to doling out ''street money'' to foot soldiers to talk up the candidate and get voters to the polls on Election Day.

Its goal: keep Obama's victory margin close to 350,000 votes in the overwhelmingly Democratic city, down from John Kerry's 412,000-vote edge there four years ago.

The party has opened four offices in the city with the McCain campaign and has four full-time staffers on the ground there, reaching out to voters the party has identified as independent. As part of its push, it is planning to target ethnic communities -- particularly Latinos -- in the closing days of the race, playing up McCain's effort last year to give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship."

[JPZenger]

1. Photo of Obama in West Phila.

Here's a photo from last week from the West Philadelphia rally: