I do not agree with lumping Allegheny County voters with the Appalation "hillbilly" voters. Although Clinton won in Allegheny County, she won by a pretty small margin primarily because of Pittsburgh. There are many universities within the Pittsburgh area, a demographic that favors Obama. I believe that come general election time the voters that voted for Clinton will vote for Obama.

We, as Obama supporters are elitists - we prize education and the expansion of knowledge. When we go to a doctor we want a qualified doctor. If we need lawyers, hey law degrees help.

And so it goes.

Unfortunately we are wrong to want this. You see, we are assuming that someone being brainy and having a degree is a good thing, when what we really should be doing is putting all of our trust in people who haven't managed to get their GEDs.

After all, they have such a sterling ability to pick great leaders - like GW Bush.

It is time we stopped appologising for being educated, for not being poor, and for actually having some sort of a clue as to how things work. The Redneck vote will either vote for Obama, or get to watch as the younger, more qualified generation is forced to go elsewhere - as America's economy goes plop in the toilet.

The time of being nice to stupid people is over.

First, I am not a hillbilly. My reason for not voting for him, whether I like him or not; is that he is inexperienced, cocky, arrogant, and has very bad judgment with the people he has associated with in the past. Our country is in a crisis and we don't need an "on the job training person" as we had one last time, and look where that got us, he was the one people liked and wanted to have a beer with; did they ever have their beer! A candidate should be voted on by his qualifications, not if one likes him personally.

I can't wait to read the equivalent Salon article explaining why Clinton's female supporters don't like Obama.

Appalachia isn't the only place he has problems.

Me, either. I'd love to read why female Clinton supporters can't get behind Obama considering that he has put forth progressive policies for women and children. I'd hate to think it was just sour grapes.

Ah, c'mon, all this analysis and intellectualizing to pretend they just plain despise people of color.

or we may as well get ready for the McCain Administration.

Here are some of the political gems I've mined:

• Don't ask people for their votes
• Imply that whole blocks of voters aren't good enough for you
• Expect the voters to reach out to the candidate, not vice-versa
• Ignore most of the states that have the largest Electoral Votes per capita

Senator Obama does not lose just in Appalachia, he lost big in the very sophisticated but small state of Rhode Island. Let's face it, Senator Obama wins in states with large African American voters registered in the Democrat party (nearly all of them) and in states like Washington and Oregon where there are no blacks and people are very trusting and a little quirky, kind of like the San Francisco population, and wins with enticing college students to vote for him by busing them to the polls. These young people like 'different' even though it may not be the best. They like Barack Obama because of what he says and how he looks, not because of what he's done and where he's been. The young support him because they are accustomed to purchasing whatever is new and in style...he's a new ipod, a new cell phone, a big screen hd tv. They will most likely be totally bored with him by November. Moveon.org will have to have many buses to get college kids in every state to the polls. And moveon will have difficulty raising money because they have lost nearly half of their members by endorsing Barack Obama in the primary. We democrats are doomed in November since many of us Clinton supporters will not vote for Obama because of the media bias and the underhandedness of the Democratic Party elite.

"The time of being nice to stupid people is over."

And that would why you're an elitist.

It's sure not because you value education though that is the common dodge some of you use to cover for your snobbery.

"Many of those rural voters were Appalachian and blue collar, people who back before the name-calling were reliable Democrats..."

I suspect many, if not most, are even more realiable Reagan-Democrats.

I feel completely comfortable with my Democratic candidate -- and there is not a single doubt in my mind that my candidate is the best choice for the country.

There is also no doubt in my mind that after the past eight years it is an undeniable fact that we live in a country that is fully capable of electing another Republican to continue the disasters of dishonesty which is the sum total of the Bush presidency.

Either way, we'll get what we deserve... or what we allow.

We, as Obama supporters are elitists - we prize education and the expansion of knowledge. When we go to a doctor we want a qualified doctor. If we need lawyers, hey law degrees help.

And so it goes.

Unfortunately we are wrong to want this. You see, we are assuming that someone being brainy and having a degree is a good thing, when what we really should be doing is putting all of our trust in people who haven't managed to get their GEDs.

After all, they have such a sterling ability to pick great leaders - like GW Bush.

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My goodness, you are such a great person, why aren't you running for president? Many of us Clinton supporters have degrees...don't believe all the exit polls by the MSM. And people like you haven't done such a good job of selecting our party's nominee, we haven't had a winner since Bill Clinton and before that it was 16 straight years of losers like Dukakis, Kerry, etc. I guess you're not quite as intelligent as you think you are...typical Obama supporter.