By Pamela Gentry, Senior Political Producer

1:00 PM EST

BLUE BELL, Penn. (Posted April 21, 2008) – So what are the bread and butter issues important to Pennsylvania voters?  That’s the question Sen. Barack Obama asked some 40 folks who gathered at Montgomery County Community College’s this afternoon.

 The group gathered with the Illinois senator on a patio outside the student center building near budding spring trees and a children’s campus daycare.  The community college is located about 45 minutes from downtown Philly and has a diverse community of Black, White, old, young, urban and rural. 

Obama veered away from his stump speech and told folks during his mini-town hall he wanted to talk about the “bread and butter issues” impacting their daily lives. He opened the floor to questions saying, “What are you seeing day to day; what frustrates you the most; and if you have a good story to tell, I’m happy to hear about it all.” 

The senator is going to spend abut 35 minutes taking quenstions. 

By Pamela Gentry, Senior Political Producer

Posted April 21, 2008 – If the Democrats don’t get one presidential candidate soon, it won’t matter who gets the nomination because the Republican nominee will be handed a win in November by a Democratic Party in disarray.

With Sen. Hillary Clinton’s strategy of win at any cost and Sen. Barack Obama’s strategy of a nice guy seeking change, both have managed to marshal the Dems toward defeat in November.

I’m heading to Pennsylvania today to watch the final days of campaigning in the Keystone State that I’m sure will be contentious.   Obama still trails Clinton in the statewide polls; the percentage varies in polls from 6 percent to 10 percent. 

For Clinton to bump Obama from his frontrunner status, she’ll need to garner 60 percent of the vote in all the remaining contests. 

My take is that this long drawn-out primary is killing both candidates’ chances of defeating Arizona Sen. John McCain (R) in the fall. 

The two Democratic candidates have faced off in more than 40 Democratic primaries and caucuses, 24 debates and according to The Associated Press, the Illinois senator currently leads by a margin of 1,645 to 1,504 among pledged delegates, including those super-delegates who have come forward and indicated whom they will support. 

So what are the rest of them waiting for?

Peter Fenn, a Democratic consultant, who isn’t working for either candidate, says Clinton would need “blowout numbers” to derail Obama’s road to the nomination.  

Isn’t there enough blood on the floor?  After Tuesday’s primary, the party leadership needs to step up the pressure and get some super decisions from those super-delegates, and decide if the party wants a  win in November.

Right now it’s looking rocky.