Will Gun-Totting, Churchgoing White Guys Pull the Lever for Barack Obama?

New York Times by Matt Bai | Oct. 19, 2008 (Interview)

Obama told me. “If I were watching Fox News, I wouldn’t vote for me, right? Because the way I’m portrayed 24/7 is as a freak! ... Who wants somebody like that?

“... there is an entire industry now, an entire apparatus, designed to perpetuate this cultural schism ...if people are just seeing me in sound bites, they’re not going to discover that. That’s why I say that some of that may have to happen after the election, when they get to ... Full Story »

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Jim Lang
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 by Jim Lang - Oct. 19, 2008

More than an interview, this is a generally favorable portrait of Obama at the current stage in his quest for the Presidency, with a heavy dose of, "will he be able to win over disaffected white males, particularly in Appalachia?' There is a little too much speculation on what the voters are thinking for my taste; however, the piece provides some insight into Obama's approach to bridging the "culture divide" and how his thoughts have evolved during the course of the campaign.

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