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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.

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  • Sunday, March 30, 2008 08:29 PM

    Walker

    Thank you for bringing a sane and civil Clinton supporting voice to the dialogue. Race Bait Kate will find currency, yeah, but it's gonna be confederate dollars worth even less than America dollars. I agree that Obama needs to de-emphasize the campus aspect (which won't be hard, since the campuses will be dormant over the summer), and his appeal is far, far beyond that already. Even though pigeon holes like katie and shawnie want to brand every Obama supporter as a dupe, a coon, an elitist, or a misogynist, Obama has support throughout our extended, various, middle class family. One son in law is a Turk from Amsterdam, long since an American, who's an Oakland cop. the other is a union electrician, as blue collar and down to earth a guy as you can find. Obama. All four of our college graduate students, who could not be more dissimilar except in their genetic makeup, all agree Obama has, and is, something new. We do not dislike Hillary. Her campaign turns us off, and her brain dead apologists here make the gorge rise (not walker or phillips), so shove that up your demographic, katie.

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