Barack Obama in Steelton, PA

He’s fired up and ready to go!

PA man reacts to Obama’s comment

An older man who’s lived in Allentown, PA for over 30 years says the people are definitely bitter. Though he’s not an Obama supporter, he believes that the candidate’s remarks were on point.

Is Clinton’s base shifting to Obama?

According to McClatchy, many women, particularly in PA are ready for the primary to end. Their top issue is the economy, and these women find Obama to be qualified in that area. Now that they’ve met Obama and have gotten to know his stance, they accept that he’d be a fine Democratic nominee.
Obama’s increasing ability [...]

In 1991, Bill Clinton said what Obama said

At the Daily Dish, Andrew Sullivan’s Quote for the Day:
“You know, he [Bush] wants to divide us over race. I’m from the South. I understand this. This quota deal they’re gonna pull in the next election is the same old scam they’ve been pulling on us for decade after decade after decade. When their economic [...]

Kareem wants to know your choice for President

Kareem wants to know your choice
Elections 2008, who is your choice?
I have been answering questions for a long time, and I think it is time to ask you one:
“Who would you vote for president? As you all know Obama is my choice for president for all the reasons mentioned in my past posts. Now, what [...]

Obama has made this point before

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has a clip of Barack Obama talking with Charlie Rose in 2004 (after the Democratic Convention but before Obama was sworn into the US Senate in January 2005) about why some working class voters seemingly vote against their economic interests. It’s consistent with what he said at the fundraiser [...]