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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 09:16 PM

@ Kate Tex

Thanks, Kate. I don't think I was generalizing about his ability to unite, though. I think I was just speaking of this case, the way that David and I apparently came towards Obama from two different perspectives. And not just to him as a random Democrat, but because we both were drawn towards Obama the human (not to speak for David).

Honestly, I don't feel like clicking to those links, but if you'd like to paraphrase for me, I'd be happy to listen.

I don't believe in heresies, btw. So long as what you have to say is intellectually honest engaging (polemic has its uses, but it's generally spectacularly unproductive, if serious engagement is your goal).

But let's grant your premise, that Obama's not a "uniter." The question then becomes whether McCain and Clinton are more unifying, and then the question becomes, unifying to what end?

—weeping for brunnhilde Read weeping for brunnhilde's other letters

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