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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 12:57 PM Original message |
How does central PA differ from some of the small states that Obama won? |
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featherman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Think Appalachia - traditionally Democratic but in a West Virginia way |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Culturally. Central PA has more in common with the South than with Philly and Pittsburgh n/t |
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godai (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Except for few blacks. |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. wondering if there's really something to that phrase: |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. difference is that those were all caucuses |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. He won white working class people in primaries too |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Those aren't the states the OP is talking about |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Then you ignore the polling? Because he wins in the polling of those states, as well. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. are we talking about the GE, here? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hillary grew up in PA, is that different? |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. she was born in chicago. i believe they had |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. well that has to be considered when you look at her "victory" |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. She seems to have lived in half of the country |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Well - 1/3 really. The other 2/3 are under the bus with the Democratic Base. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. She was first lady for 8 years and this is the FIRST time |
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bevoette (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. hey! i just asked almost identical question in another thread... |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. When you've lived under Republican rule, as many have in these Red States, |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's the oldest, whitest, most populous, and racist. |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Careful about the "racist" label please. |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. That's what Rendell tried to say, and he's the Gov - I think he knows his state. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I am. I lived there, and 1/2 my family is from there. |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. He actually did well in some the central counties. Age and Hillary BRAND big factors there. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's not a caucus. nt |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. Retail Politics versus the Default Candidate |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. I think there was some hanky panky there too. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. Age and gender. |
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