So yesterday, I get a call at my home in Oregon, and when I answer the phone I hear the sound of Hillary Clinton telling a crowd at a rally in North Carolina that she is the candidate, her lobbying for passage of NAFTA notwithstanding (nor mentioned), who can best represent the interests of blue-collar workers. You see, my Dad, a resident of Gatonia, N.C., was at the rally. It was his confirmation that he had indeed gone ahead and voted for Clinton in early voting.
I had worked on him for weeks, trying to get him to vote for Obama. He was reluctant. He's not a Clinton fan. He likes Obama a lot and would certainly vote for him over McCain, but he recently became convinced that Obama could not stand up to attacks against him, and that the Republicans would eat him alive in the general-election campaign, milking Rev. Wright right up until Election Day.
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