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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 09:20 AM

@ HP

It amazes me that I hear so many Hillary supporters (20% is the figure that I've seen quoted) claim they'll vote for McCain if Obama gets the nomination. A lot of that is surely racist voters, and people who would end up voting for McCain over Hillary,but a lot of it is sour grapes.

Latest figure I've seen is 28%.

Isn't it at all possible that Hillary supporters would vote for McCain not because of racism or sour grapes but because they actually believe that Hillary would be a better president than McCain but McCain would be better than Obama? I'm not saying you need to agree with them, but to omit that possibility is to misread a significant portion of the electorate.

—RealityCounts Read RealityCounts's other letters

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