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Monday, March 31, 2008 12:00 AM

Barack Obama, working-class hero?

On a bus tour through Pennsylvania, Obama tries to impress blue-collar white voters. He'll need them to keep the state close in April -- or to win it in November.
By Mike Madden

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  • Monday, March 31, 2008 10:38 AM

    @HP

    True about politicians embracing old foes for expediency. I attribute that to the political system here. A winner-take-all, two-party system forces these kinds of "pacts with the devil" on politicians. which is why I mentioned in another thread that Americans may want to look at the Parliamentary system as practiced in Europe. I think it would allow for a more nuanced political environment in this country.

    But that's asking for the moon, isn't it? So we live with what we have.

    —red_gti2000 Read red_gti2000's other letters

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