Voter Turnout Seen as the Key to the Keystone State
As polls in Pennsylvania continue to show President Bush and his Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts in a dead heat, the state's Democratic and Republican parties are working overtime to get out the vote.

For the Pennsylvania GOP, that means personal, grassroots efforts rather than large, splashy fundraisers.

Specter Says His Independent Streak Is Good for the Party, State
Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., is a pro-choice candidate seeking more federal funding for embryonic stem cell research -- two areas where he departs from the Republican Party line.

But the issues where he strays from the party only make him more of an attractive candidate to the GOP and his state as he seeks a fifth term, he says.

Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., speaks about what he hopes to accomplish in a fifth term.

Specter describes the help President Bush and Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa. gave him during the primary.

Pennsylvania delegate and state Rep. John Maher, R-Pa., discusses the war in Iraq.