Clinton backers worried by mood in Pa.'s Lehigh Valley

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Clinton backers worried by mood in Pa.'s Lehigh Valley
By David Goldstein | McClatchy Newspapers

* Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2008


EASTON, Pa. — The morning specialty at Tracy's Cafe in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley is fresh fruit waffles, but regulars have been feasting on politics lately.

"You can't go through a day without being engaged in a conversation about the presidential race," said state Rep. Bob Freeman, a frequent customer. "The valley is the place to watch. Whoever carries the valley will probably be the one who carries the state."

With Tuesday's Democratic primary days away, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are battling over a prize that will either extend her never-say-die quest for the presidency or likely secure him the nomination.

This old farming and manufacturing region, now a health care and high-tech corridor in eastern Pennsylvania, is a good place to measure the mood.

"It gives you access to almost any type of voter that you could imagine," said Christopher Borick, the director of the Institute of Public Opinion at Muhlenberg College in Allentown.

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[tanyev]

1. What? They're not optimistic and resilient?

[C_U_L8R]

2. Hillary hasn't been to Lehigh Valley?

that's crazy.