My guess is that with the Phils in a heated pennant race, not all that many people tore themselves away from the game last night to flip the channel over to the Pennsylvania Cable Network.

If by any chance you did, you could have seen my clearly “not ready for prime time” mug on your TV screen, talking politics.

I made another appearance on “Journalists Roundtable,” with a couple of colleagues from the Pottstown Mercury and host Bill Bova.

I suggested that Pennsylvania just might be the key to the presidential race, and that the suburban Philadelphia area could be the key to taking the Keystone State.

The timing could not have been better. Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden had just held a rally at Linvilla Orchards.

Picking up the paper this morning, I see the cavalry is on the way.

It looks like we’re going to get a close-up look at the GOP team, Sen. John McCain and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Monday afternoon. A rally is being planned for the Media Courthouse.

It just proves my theory of Southeast Pennsylvania being Ground Zero in the presidential race.

My only question is can Barack Obama be far behind?

By the way, if you missed last night’s airing of “Journalists Roundtable,” it will air again Sunday at 5 and 8 p.m. on PCN.

Or you can Click Here to view it online.