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Popularity: 11% [?]

Source: WHP CBS 21 Harrisburg

Popularity: 12% [?]

I haven’t lived in rural Pennsylvania or in rural Indiana, but I have lived in rural upstate New York, in towns where there are so few Democrats that on some local election ballots, not a single position, from town council to justice of the peace, has a contest. As in China, your option is to vote for the Republican candidate, or to leave that line blank.

And many of the people in these towns, uniformly white, when they talk politics, spend a lot of their time complaining about black people, immigrants (neither of whom can even be found in the vicinity) and the threat to their guns.

Barack Obama is exactly right. (more…)

Popularity: 17% [?]

Barack Obama is working hard to diffuse a controversy over his recent comment that small town voters are “bitter.”
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While campaigning in Indiana, Hillary Clinton stopped by a bar, downs a shot of whiskey and has a beer. (April 13)

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It appears to be obvious, obvious to me that is, that my vote is worthless; the media picks the candidates for President now, not the people. Indeed, the media has become the fourth branch of government, more powerful than the original three; legislative, judicial and executive branches. But, how can this be, what has happened to our Republic? It’s simple really. (more…)

Popularity: 22% [?]