By Joel Mathis

– Sure Gov. Corbett is far behind Democratic challenger Tom Wolf in this fall’s election campaign. But Pittsburgh Tribune columnist Brad Bumsted says the governor could still win.

The scenario:

For one, there needs to be low voter turnout statewide, especially in Philadelphia, where the most Democrats in the state live. Republicans are good at getting out the GOP vote even in unexciting elections like this one. There’s no presidential race, no big draw other than Wolf-Corbett (yawn).

President Obama’s unpopularity continues to play out on health care and the “war on coal.”

Corbett needs to define Wolf before Wolf really defines himself further.

Mostly, though, Bumstead says the governor needs to campaign hard on a big reform initiative — say, like calling for term limits — and pray voters don’t notice he didn’t totally deliver on his previous reform promises. “Still,” Bumsted writes, “a win is not out of the question.”

Source: http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/08/18/gov-corbett-still-win-thing/

PhillyLabor Editorial: Now more than ever, it’s very important not to listen to poll results telling us that Tom Wolf has a commanding lead over Gov. Corbett and we have no worries. We can absolutely take nothing for granted in this 2014 gubernatorial election. As a labor community, who would would be washed away if it was up to the current Corbett Administration, we need to get engaged, keep engaged, push to the to the end and most of all Vote for Tom Wolf on November 4th like our union livelihoods depend on it because they do!