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Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:00 AM

Bitter as hell in Pennsylvania

Folks agree with Barack Obama in at least one Pennsylvania trailer park. But will angry voters help or hurt Democrats in swing states this fall?
By Mike Madden

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  • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 03:44 PM

    it's not the bitter but the clinging

    The bitterness is not really the issue that hangs on Obama. It is the presumption to say that bitterness is the reason people facing economic difficulties 'cling' to guns , religion, or anything else that seems less appealing to the economically more advantaged. It is the idea that he speaks about people living in a situation he does not come from as the 'them' and does so when speaking behind closed doors to his 'us'.

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