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OPINION

To Court Blue-Collar
Vote, Light Up

Fellow Nicorette user urges Obama to take up smoking again

New York Times New York Times Jun 17, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone has ideas about how Barack Obama can attract the working-class white voters that eluded him in the primaries. Author Tony Horwitz goes for the throat: Start smoking again. West Virginia and Kentucky, where Hillary Clinton clobbered Obama, lead the nation in cigarette consumption among whites, and lighting up could help worse-off voters see him as one of their own. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • smoking • tobacco • white voters • cigarette • working class • working-class vote

Does W. Va. Blowout Really Hurt Obama?

It's all about whether he can woo those pesky blue-collar white voters

Slate Slate May 14, 08 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's West Virginia loss by a whopping 30 points probably won’t cost him the Democratic nomination, writes John Dickerson in Slate. But the loss does put a chink in Obama’s argument that he can unite disparate groups, since, apparently, these powers have failed him among at least one key voting block—the blue-collar whites that are Hillary Clinton's base. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Obama 2008 • Clinton 2008 • blue-collar vote • white voters • West Virginia • West Virginia primary • working-class vote

 Obama Shifts
 Blue-Collar Strategy 

Visits church, b-ball court amid town-hall stumping

New York Times New York Times Apr 28, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Moving to beef up his appeal to blue-collar voters in Indiana, Barack Obama is changing the tone of his campaign there, trading big rallies for more intimate town-hall sessions; the weekend included stops at a Methodist church and a basketball court, the New York Times reports. “I’ve got to be more present,” Obama said on Fox News. “I’ve got to be knocking on more doors.” More »

More about:  Barack Obama • campaign trail • campaign tactics • blue-collar vote • town hall meeting • working-class vote

Analysis

 Demos to Watch in Pa. Vote 

Breaking down the groups that will decide the election

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Apr 22, 08 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some of the election season’s most intriguing demographics will be out in force in today’s Pennsylvania primary. The Wall Street Journal breaks down who they are and how they might vote in November. Working-class white males mostly went red in 2006, supporting Republicans by a 14-point margin. Increased economic worries could swing some, but will they cross gender or racial lines? More »

 Obama Girl's
 Town Is Hot for Hillary

Hazleton, Pa., doesn't share YouTube star's crush

McClatchy Newspapers McClatchy Newspapers Apr 2, 08 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turns out that Obama Girl, aka Amber Lee Ettinger, hails from Hazleton, Pa., which is right in the heart of Clinton country. To get a sense of how her candidate’s message is getting through, McClatchy visited Ettinger’s family and neighbors in this former coal town near Scranton, Hillary’s family home. Turns out the town definitely does not share her crush on Obama. More »

ANALYSIS

Clinton Speaks Working Class' Language

Down-to-earth style appeals, as does struggle to keep up

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Mar 31, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has been boosted by her ability to connect with blue-collar voters, despite her not-so-blue-collar personal history, Jim Tankersley writes in the Chicago Tribune . Analysts say Clinton's focus on economic issues, her clear speeches and her own past struggles in the public eye all help the candidate endear herself to working-class voters. More »

More about:  Hillary Clinton • Hillary Clinton supporters • working-class vote

 Clinton Pulls Ahead in Polls 

White, working-class voters dismayed by Obama pastor's remarks

Politico Politico Mar 20, 08 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has scored her first statistically significant national lead over Barack Obama in several weeks—49% to 42%—in a Gallup poll taken early this week, Reuters reports. And her edge in Pennsylvania has doubled since February, two new polls show. They put her lead at 51%-35% and 53%-41%, up from 44%-37% and 49%-43%, respectively, Politico reports. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Jeremiah Wright • Pennsylvania primary • white voters • working-class vote

OPINION

Obama Has Loose Ends to Tie Up

Pundits offer
counsel to all 3 remaining contenders

Washington Post Washington Post Mar 7, 08 6:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama “urgently needs to come up with a new speech,” Washington Post op-ed columnist Eugene Robinson writes: He must tap white working-class voters to win the nomination. "Obama managed to escape the danger of being pigeonholed as a 'black candidate,'" Robinson writes. “Now he has to avoid being pigeonholed as some kind of elitist smarty-pants.” More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Pennsylvania • bipartisanship • working-class vote

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