PA-Mercyhurst University: Hillary & Biden lead favorability ranking

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Hillary's numbers are no shock, but a few of these are quite surprising.

- Biden being so high (I know he's an honorary homestater, but still)
- Santorum being relatively high
- Christie being so low (Quinnipiac had him at 45-36 in June...could the Dallas hug have hurt him that badly? I kinda doubt it)

7 months is a long time in politics and polling.

Christie's numbers have even dropped into the negative in NJ recently, so PA might just follow this trend.

Santorum's and Biden's numbers are surprisingly high, yeah ...

The old Big Positive about Christie -- that he could cooperate with Barack Obama in the wake of a natural disaster -- is drifting off into the sunset.

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Romney not listed.

For pols as well known as Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, favorability ratings are close to approval ratings and close to what they would get in a vote.

Republicans are not going to win the Presidency if Pennsylvania goes 55-45 for the Democrat. Pennsylvania leans D, but not that much.   

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Considering how low the approval rating (PPP) is for Senator Toomey (28%), I just can't see the Koch fronts wasting money in Pennsylvania.