Reagan Democrats

[jawnbc]

Well that pretty much sums up about 2/3 of my family--except the 'rents, who are Conservatives (not even Republicans). Pennsylvania rather starkly underlines my experience with working class, 2nd+ generation Catholic Americans. Watch those rich bastards, protect our jobs, but easy on the social progress. As one politician in Canada called it, the Timmmy's (Hortons) vs the Starbucks crowd.

They won't vote for Obama for the most part. Not because he's black, but because he's the most left-leaning viable Democratic presidential nominee since George McGovern.

Go on, nominate him. Then just toss the keys to Pennsylvania Avenue over to McCain....

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[unclemike.livejournal.com]

Most of the surveys I've seen show Obama as beating McCain in a one-to-one match in November. Clinton comes up short.

But what the hell do surveys know?