Obama Small Town Comments

Obama should spend less ad money on how's he's not in thrall to lobbyists and spend more as an advocate of green industrial policy that would give Pennsylvania mill towns real hope for change.

Barack Obama's comments on small towns have not been lost on his campaign. On the heels of picking up three superdelegates yesterday, today they anno...

You can support Obama for the nomination, support Hillary, or remain neutral, but you must defend Obama from the slings and arrows of these outrageous "elitist" charges.

By attacking Obama in a way that confirms every right-wing demagogic caricature of her own Party, Hillary has adopted the frames, lies, stereotypes and destructive clichés long embraced by the likes of Karl Rove.

Obama clearly wishes he hadn't said what he did about the feelings of small town Pennsylvanians. But there is a powerful element of truth in his comments.

Barack Obama tells the truth about conditions as we know them. Hillary Clinton responds by calling him "elitist and out of touch." I cannot believe how angry this makes me.

The stereotype Clinton and McCain are playing on is that blue collar workers are easily manipulated and will 'stay down' if you just tell them they are hardworking, patriotic, value-driven Americans.