From thetimes-tribune.com:

In an election for governor that by historic standards is their turn to win, Republicans have a clear front-runner.

Unlike the five-man Democratic governor field, which polls show is bunched together, Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett has sprinted ahead without really trying hard so far.

For the moment, that puts him in the best position next year to be the Republican who replaces Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell and continues the five-decade trend of alternating Republican and Democratic governors every eight years.

Right after Mr. Corbett announced his candidacy, polls by Quinnipiac University and Franklin & Marshall College showed him with a substantial lead over his lone challenger then, U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach, who represents a suburban Philadelphia congressional district. The Quinnipiac poll had it at 42 to 13 percent, Franklin & Marshall at 30 to 18 percent.

“I think it is clear there is a certain amount of coalescing around the attorney general,” said political analyst G. Terry Madonna, Ph.D., who heads the F&M poll.

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