White Working Class

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

Joan Williams | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics


Joan Williams

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

Barack Needs Bill

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 06.04.2008 | Home


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?

Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics


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,...

Indiana Lunch Break In the City Of Steel

Laura J. Mansfield | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home


Laura J. Mansfield

In Gary, Ind., the City of Steel, a worker says he's voting Democrat. "Oh yeah, I want a job next year," he says... Obama never mentions the mills. Clinton, at least she seems interested."