McCain losing ground with working-class whites

[devilgrrl]

Source: Associated Press

KITTANNING, Pa. - The steel mills and coal mines of western Pennsylvania helped fuel the nation's economic engine. Today, old factory shells and boarded-up storefronts stand as bleak reminders of those once-prosperous times.

But the voters in working-class enclaves such as this still are a sought-after prize in presidential politics, and many are belatedly backing Democratic nominee Barack Obama.

In the Democratic primaries, working-class whites consistently supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Later polls showed them overwhelmingly favoring Republican nominee John McCain.

Now, driven by fears that their personal finances could further deteriorate, many see Obama as the better choice — their thinking in some cases driven more by concern about how McCain would handle the economy than any growing admiration for his rival.

"I don't know that there's anything I particularly like about him (Obama), but I dislike McCain, and I dislike the way the country is, and Republicans need to change," said lifelong Republican Ruth Ann Michel, 64, a retiree shopping in a market in Butler on a recent day. She said her vote for Obama would be her first for a Democratic presidential candidate.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_el_pr/working_class_voters

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Joe Six Pack may not be voting for McCain directly but will be voting for him

as he votes for Palin. That's what McCain is counting on.

[ogneopasno]

2. Of course he is! He hates the working class.

"Those jobs aren't coming back," he said about outsourced manufacturing jobs. Americans wouldn't pick lettuce for $50 an hour, he said. He has no connection whatsoever to hard-working people, no matter WTF color they are. He's a joke.

[PATRICK]

3. It looks like

the national election has become like Mayor Washington's political victory in Chicago where good politics and reaching out to all overcame entrenched racism and competitive divisions.

[Virginia Dare]

4. Slip-sliding away....

when hate and fear no longer work, the repubs got nothing.

[fascisthunter]

5. Say Good Bye to "Joe Six-Pack"

[DainBramaged]

6. Joe six-pack is a can short if he thinks McLame is the answer

[struggle4progress]

7. Positively 4th Street

... i wish that for just one time
you could stand inside my shoes
and just for that one moment i could be you
yes i wish that for just one time
you could stand inside my shoes
you'd know what a drag it is to see you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54qhjlTNVn0