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Can Obama Win Ohio's White Working Class?

New Yorker | George Packer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Until the mid-seventies, the white working class--the heart of the New Deal coalition--voted largely Democratic. Since the Carter years, the percentag...

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Class Insults Unite: "Wearing A Flag Pin And Showing His Crack"

Joan Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joan Williams

Obama's doing a great job keeping the focus on the economy. Let's not blow it on the cultural front.

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Sam Stein

Sherrod Brown Endorses Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In another sign that the Democratic Party is unifying behind Barack Obama, Sen. Sherrod Brown, who had stayed neutral throughout the primary process, ...

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Barack Needs Bill

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leonce Gaiter

Symbols matter. Elections are about perceptions. Once Hillary is put away, Obama will need Bill, so I suggest he improve his groveling. Hell, he secured that lapel pin and got that bowling ball down the lane, didn't he?

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Sam Stein

Does Oregon Put Obama's White Working Class Problem To Rest?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since much ink has been spent on Sen. Barack Obama's troubles with the white work class vote - "[it has been] painted as a fatal flaw in his campaign,...

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