Letters to the Editor
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Obama, go after the white guys
As one of those older white guys, I wish Obama would go after them in full force in Pennsylvania, especially the so-called Reagan Democrats in the heart of the state. As someone who grew up in the southern part of the country, I've seen how sometimes it takes years and years for change to happen and sometimes people's views and emotions can change in the space of a moment. If Obama visits the blue-collar voters (maybe on a whistle-stop tour) in the middle of Pennsylvania and talks and listens to them face-to-face he will make converts. Maybe not enough to win but, along with this speech, it will help to turn things around with these voters, at least some of whom he will need in the general election. I know they don't like hearing they are racist, so talk to them and show them what kind of man he is and, maybe not publicly, some of them will end up voting for him because, in the end, they are not that different from other Obama voters who know we have to change the way things are done in this country.