On the heels of two troubling polls for Democrats in the Keystone State, Nancy Pelosi is visiting Pennsylvania. In a co-incidence of timing that seems to typify the Speaker’s propensity to maximize the potentially damaging, Pelosi will be in Pittsburgh this afternoon in a closed-door show of support to union workers in the Steel City.

Her visit comes just as Rasmussen has released its latest findings that show Pennsylvanians widely suspicious of further government action:

Nearly half of Pennsylvania voters (48 percent) are worried that, in reacting to the nation’s economic problems, the federal government will do too much, right in line with national findings. Thirty-eight percent (38 percent) believe the federal government will not do enough for the economy. Fourteen percent (14 percent) are not sure. [emphasis added]

Meanwhile, a Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll shows that Pennsylvania Republican voters aren’t just sour on President Obama, they’re downright disgusted. A whopping 78 percent hold an unfavorable opinion of Obama. But it gets worse:

The disapproval among Republicans goes deeper than that. Only 25 percent said they even somewhat agreed with the statement that “President Obama has the best interest of the American people in mind when he makes decisions.” Fifty-seven percent strongly disagreed.

And on the subject of Pennsylvania’s affinity for the Tea Party movement, Rasmussen finds that nearly a quarter of voters consider themselves a part of what many liberal commentators continue to regard as an AstroTurf charade.

One-in-five Pennsylvania voters (20 percent) consider themselves part of the Tea Party movement, slightly higher than the level of participation nationally. Sixty percent (60 percent) say they are not part of the Tea Party movement, and another 20 percent are not sure.
Thirty-one percent (31 percent) of Republicans and 28 percent of voters not affiliated with either political party consider themselves members of the Tea Party, while only eight percent (8 percent) of Democrats do the same. Still, most members of all three political affiliations do not consider themselves members.

So what does all this mean? For starters, it reinforces the notion that Republicans are particularly enthusiastic this year, and more highly motivated to turn out thanks to widespread disapproval of the president and his policies.

That functionally half of the voting public in the Keystone State distrusts continued action by the federal government to address the economy is a telling sign that “no new taxes” — and the vilification of those who have supported them in the form of Obamacare, stimulus, cash for clunkers, and the auto bailout — will continue to be a winning message.