Big Day Tomorrow

To prepare for tomorrow's Pennsylvania primary, I suggest that all readers of the Rhetorical Situation head over to the Onion's page of PA coverage. Information abounds, most notably the following:

Pennsylvania and Ohio are usually compared to one another because they are both key hellhole states.

While the area's steel industry has struggled financially in recent years, it still wields a certain amount of influence over delegates who are suspended above vats of molten lead.

Pennsylvania has 188 Democratic delegates up for grabs, down from 211 following a tragic mine collapse in 2005.

Philadelphia, the state's largest city, is famous for its delicious, disgusting, delicious food.

Pennsylvania's late-April primary has traditionally been symbolic of the goddamn primary season almost being over.

Also useful are the site's issue pages, which cite, for example, Obama's position on abortion--" Did some crazy shit in the '80's, not going to lie"--Clinton's position on the economy--"We need to create new jobs in this country—green collar jobs that can help our economy and our environment. And I'd like to point out that that's my term—'green collar' jobs. See, I can come up with exciting phrases"--and McCain's position on foreign affairs--"Will not meet with with leaders of unfriendly states, unless it's to give them a head's up that the United States is about to bomb them."