Remember where you heard it.
I am one of the few voices heard in Pennsylvania who believes Tom Corbett will be re-elected to a second term as governor.
I know what the poll numbers say. I know that he sits double digits behind Democrat Tom Wolf. I know all about the hue and cry over his austere budgets.
And yes, I am aware that earlier this week the Washington Post again crowned Corbett as the nation's governor who is most likely to be shown the door by voters in November. It wasn't the first time. In fact, they have done so for 13 months in a row.
But here's a poll you may not have seen. A recent New York Times/CBS News poll showed Wolf's big lead is shrinking. What was once a 20-plus point margin is down to single digits at 9 percent.
The poll still has Corbett losing, with the incumbent getting 33 percent backing, as compared to the Dem challenger's 42 percent margin.
Again, I think you can point to TV.
The governor has gone into attack mode as he tries to save his beleaguered candidacy, taking off the gloves and hammering away at Wolf on everything from his record as Ed Rendell's revenue secretary to a claim that his business is ducking taxes by chartering in Delaware.
Corbett has been criss-crossing the state declaring war on what he considers the No. 1 issue in the state, the ballooning public employee pension crisis, and lampooning Wolf for claiming there is no crisis.
Corbett has $50 billion in red ink that says otherwise.
Just keep in mind that Pennsylvania almost never boots an incumbent governor. Instead, what we do is flip-flop parties every eight years.
Don't write off the governor just yet.
Besides, I just know he's going to get that push to privatize liquor sales in the state passed any day now.
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