A new Keystone poll out today shows Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell clinging to a slight lead over the now all but assured GOP Gubernatorial hopeful Lynn Swann, 45-42.  By the way, some of you may have missed this column on the Rendell-Swann match up carried on RealClearPolitics last night co-authored by the G. Terry Madonna, Director of the Keystone poll.  Here is a clip:

And what should we make of the race to come? Who would have imagined that an all pro Hall of Fame Pittsburgh wide receiver and ABC sports announcer would run for governor against a Philadelphia Eagles commentator who just happens to be the governor of Pennsylvania? Swann himself has suggested that the race is about a sports announcer who wants to be governor and a governor who wants to be a sports announcer. Well not quite. But the metaphors are sprouting faster than potholes after a Pennsylvania winter.

Read the whole thing. It's going to be a great campaign.

Also included in the new Keystone poll are numbers for the Senate race. Nine months out Rick Santorum is still staring at a steep uphill battle. Casey leads Santorum 50-39 with 11% undecided.