Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/house-candidates-in-pennsylvania-battle-it-out-over-iraq-social-issues Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Party leaders think that the Pennsylvania House races may hold the key to who takes control of the House. Gwen Ifill reports on the final hours of three campaigns in the Philadelphia suburbs. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JIM LEHRER: We are, indeed, because now we go to suburban Philadelphia, where Gwen Ifill updates the races of three House Republicans and the Democrats who hope to replace them. GWEN IFILL: Sometimes, at the very end of a very tough campaign, it pays to ask for every last vote.JOE SESTAK (D), Candidate for U.S. House: I'm Joe Sestak, retired Navy Admiral, running for U.S. Congress. May I give you one of these? I'd love to have your support. WOMAN: You may. OK. JOE SESTAK: Thank you. WOMAN: You're welcome. CANDIDATE: How are you? WOMAN: Cold hands. CANDIDATE: Yes, me, too. Cold toes, as well. Yes, you wouldn't want to shake my toes.LOIS MURPHY (D), Candidate for U.S. House: Hi, how are you? MAN: Good. LOIS MURPHY: Good to see you, Lois Murphy. MAN: I know. LOIS MURPHY: I hope you guys are coming out to vote on Tuesday. MAN: Absolutely. WOMAN: Hi, good luck! LOIS MURPHY: All right, great. GWEN IFILL: And sometimes it doesn't pay.REP. MIKE FITZPATRICK (R), Pennsylvania: How are you doing? Mike Fitzpatrick running for Congress. MAN: I know. I'm not going to vote for you. GWEN IFILL: But these Philadelphia suburbs may hold the key to control of the House of Representatives. CANDIDATE: Have a good one. GWEN IFILL: Party leaders know that, and they're fighting to the bitter end. Three incumbents, three challengers, $3 million spent on each campaign by the national parties. But in the final days of this midterm election, all sides agree that it all comes down to the intensity wars. RALLY LEADER: Let's give a Philadelphia welcome! Come on, I can't hear you. Let's give a big Philadelphia welcome! GWEN IFILL: Democrats tried to take advantage of that intensity this weekend, descending on southeastern Pennsylvania. Former Senator John Edwards, former Vice President Al Gore, and Nancy Pelosi, who could become the first woman speaker of the House, were all here.REP. NANCY PELOSI (D-CA), House Minority Leader: Are we ready for a great Democratic victory?