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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 07:29 AM

    @Taliesen

    Taliesen: "If McCain started trying to speak in modern day slang he would lose votes - it would be seen as a lack of respect."

    Did you see the clip of Mitt Romney talking to black kids and making awkward references to "bling bling"? It was on the Daily Show. Painful.

    —Xrandadu Hutman Read Xrandadu Hutman's other letters

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