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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 07:22 AM

    @ David sugarman

    To elaborate, I came up in the 1980s during which bussing was a bitterly divisive issue, breeding deep animosities and violence all around. Yonkers was basically an outer-borough type place, working class, segregated (balkanized, even), extremely diverse. Irish, Italian, Jewish, black, hispanic, Polish, etc.

    I've experienced enough racial and economic tension and strife to last me a lifetime, thank you very much.

    This is why Obama's message appeals to me.

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

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