Obama faces struggle wooing working-class voters
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:59 am
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Obama faces struggle wooing working-class voters
Candidate's 'background' worries some
Sheldon Alberts, Canwest News Service Published: Friday, October 24, 2008
IRONTON, OHIO - President Barack Hussein Obama -- the very thought makes Lynn Dearfield wince.
As she stands inside the local Republican Party headquarters, pinning a McCain-Palin button on her blouse, the 45-year-old nurse recites a litany of reasons she won't be voting for the Democratic candidate on Nov. 4: more liberal judges on the Supreme Court, fewer restrictions on abortion, a persistent skepticism about the man himself.
"His middle name worries me. That's the truth. He was named that for a reason. He was not raised Christian," she said. "I am not prejudiced. I have nothing against his race. I have problems with his background."
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