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I have lived almost my entire in small towns across America. I have lived in NJ, TX, NC, IL, WI. Each town depending on the geographic location have different concerns and would respond to a black, urban man very differently. I know for example that during my years in NC that if an elite manager was transfered to that town with a company, the locals would be polite but that person would never, ever fit in unless they were really small town themselves. So I am saying that some of those elite Chicago bosses that moved to rural NC were small town at heart and they welcomed the change. Barack is definitely not small town. He wants to expand an already big government. The small towns that would embrace Obama and his big government platform would be those that support a state university system because they are government employees. I say that having worked in government myself and also in the private sector. They are two different animals. The government environment gives out across the board raises to all regardless of job performance. The private sector has job performance reviews based on meeting criteria already agreed upon when hired, and the increase might be big or small or none at all. That would never fly with big government. Small towns recognize that big government means red tape and most of all lack of personal touch. Small towns like knowing everybody on a firsthand basis. They like inquiring about the health of friends and family. They do not like big government.
