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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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  • Sunday, March 30, 2008 09:25 PM

    @ XH

    Let me guess, is it the "mysterious stranger" bit?

    Good God, that was funny, and yes, I thought of the Onion too watching Obama "bowl."

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