He has the state’s biggest media outlets (the fawning Philadelphia TV stations and newspapers) in his back pocket. He has the power of incumbency, which allows him to travel all over Pennsylvania at taxpayer expense for thinly disguised campaign appearances, including handing out millions of taxpayer dollars in areas Rendell needs to buy votes. But don’t bet the farm that Rendell will coast to re-election. Rendell does have an Achilles’ heal. Actually, he has two major problems. We also know who the losers are so far: Pennsylvania taxpayers who took Rendell’s sucker bet.