The steel mills and coal mines of western Pennsylvania helped fuel the nation’s economic engine. Today, old factory shells and boarded-up storefronts stand as bleak reminders of those once-prosperous times.
But the voters in working-class enclaves such as this still are a sought-after prize in presidential politics, and many are belatedly backing Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
In the Democratic primaries, working-class whites consistently supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Later polls showed them overwhelmingly favoring Republican nominee John McCain.
Now, driven by fears that their personal finances could further deteriorate, many see Obama as the better choice — their thinking in some cases driven more by concern about how McCain would handle the economy than any growing admiration for his rival.
“I don’t know that there’s anything I particularly like about him (Obama), but I dislike McCain, and I dislike the way the country is,...
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President-elect Barack Obama unveiled his national security team today, nominating Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and choosing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to stay on as Pentagon chief.... more
Chicago, 1 Dic (Notimex).- El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, anunció hoy la designación Hillary Clinton, quien fuera su rival por la candidatura presidencial del Partido Demó leer más ... more
If there is one message President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has broadcast about Cabinet picks, it is that ethnicity and gender will not be the first considerations when filling the slots. Credentials over tokenism, after all, was a fundamental principle of Obama's presidential...... more
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Democrats may tax health benefits - The Boston Globe WASHINGTON - In the last month of the presidential campaign, it was one of Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s strongest attack lines: John McCain, they warned, would “tax your healthcare benefits for the first time ever.”But now, some Congressional Democrats in charge of health reform are talking about doing just that. ... more
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This was not just another election. The last time we had a presidential election, the Left tried to get a brazen traitor elected - namely John Kerry. This new President from the Left is even more than that. Obama was no traitor, because he never was really on our side in the first place. Obama was really a foreign candidate - in spirit, funding, and citizenship.
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Out in California, they recalled 143 million pounds of tainted beef. That’s one triple-stacked burger at Wendy’s. A hundred forty three million pounds of tainted beef! I believe that’s the largest amount of tainted meat since Roger Clemens.”
-David Letterman
“John McCain seems reinvigorated. He has a new campaign slogan, ‘he’ll lead you into the 21st century.’ [...]... more
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So, putting aside the polls, I think it was politically beneficial
for McCain to control the agenda of the debate. I think that meant he
advanced his message more effectively than Obama. If McCain can manage
the agenda of the next two debates as well (a big if), the final effect
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Get Me Rewrite From: corner.nationalreview.com Post Date: 2008-10-03 10:31:50
I'm about to head out to the airport. But I thought this might be worth throwing into the blog-o-matic. From a reader:Jonah,
K-Lo posted a link to a DE site on the Katie's restaurant thing. An eagle-eyed commentator there pointed out that CNN has changed the debate transcript to read: "Can I respond? Look, all you have to do is go down Union Street with me in Wilmington OR go to Katie's Restaurant or walk into Home Depot with me where I spend a lot of time..." (Emphasis ... more
Arbitrarily casting a vote for a presidential candidate from one of the two best known parties based on whether or not he’s expected to win would be like handing your ballot to the media or to McCain or Obama and letting them vote for you. We’ve just been majorly swindled by the government and Wall Street. Did your candidate act on this in a way that you find acceptable? This was no small issue. If McCain or Obama win this election, we will be represented in the White House in the s... more
Three students at an eastern Pennsylvania high school are diagnosed with an outbreak of MRSA, a staph infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It is still not clear where the students from Northampton Area High School picked up the infection, Superintendent Linda Firestone told media adding that she has sent a letter to parents Wednesday urging good hygiene practices to prevent spreading the infection. ... more
In the world of gambling it seems as though nothing is sacred. A fire department president in Pennsylvania is being accused of a bingo scam in which he split the winnings of a raffle with the winner.
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In the world of gambling it seems as though nothing is sacred. A fire department president in Pennsylvania is being accused of a bingo scam in which he split the winnings of a raffle with the winner.... more
In last night’s presidential debate, John McCain said, “After we were able to help the Afghan freedom fighters drive the Russians out of Afghanistan we washed our hands of the the region.”
These ‘freedom fighters’ were also known as mujahideen. The US and CIA trained and recruited Muslim extremists from all over the world. 35,000 muslim radicals from 43 Islamic countries would get training with the Afghan mujahideen. One of the first non Afghan volunteers to join the muja... more
It’s been a month since Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been named as John McCain’s running mate and she has already generated more scandals than most politicians do in their whole career. Here’s our list of the Top 5:
1. Troopergate
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2. Membership in Radical Alaskan Secessionist Party, AKIP
Read About Sarah Palin and the AKIP Here
3. Pregnant Teenage Daughter
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In a recent online interview Sen. John McCain said he was uncertain about how many homes he owns.
“I think - I’ll have my staff get to you,” McCain told Politico.com in Las Cruces, New Mexico. “It’s condominiums where - I’ll have them get to you.”
This reveals two important things about the Republican presidential candidate, both of which I think it’s fair to say we already knew: 1) He’s rich and likes to show it. 2) He... more
Hurricane Ike made landfall early Saturday morning, flooding thousands of home across the Gulf Coast. The damage, as the winds still pitch around 80 miles per hour, is hard to estimate but Galveston Island has been vastly flooded. One death has been reported. A woman in Pinehurst, Texas, who has not been identified, died when a tree fell on her home.
Millions are without power and hundred of thousands of people remain stranded. The National Guard has been deployed to find people in h... more
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