Barack Obama jumped to a 7- point lead in a Pennsylvania statewide poll of registered voters conducted between September 23rd thru the 28th by Franklin & Marshall College.

Franklin & Marshall poll director G. Terry Madonna told Trib reporter David Brown that the fundamentals are shifting in Obama's favor with some support gains coming from female and independent voters.

Late last evening I stopped into a Southwestern Pennsylvania auto-service garage and asked the three gentlemen working on various vehicles what their thoughts were on the election.

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Salena Zito is a TRIBUNE-REVIEW political reporter