Blue Collar

The Nasty Class and Anti-Union Bias of Auto Bailout Opposition, or the Wall Street-Detroit Double Standard

Robert Weissman | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business

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Robert Weissman

Nancy Pelosi says the Congressional Republicans are playing Russian Roulette with the economy by refusing to agree to an auto industry bailout. But f...

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Taxes Are Not Always A Bad Thing

Jennifer Bernard | Posted 10.18.2008 | Home

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Jennifer Bernard

The taxes on Joe-the-Plumber's $250,000 bought me my first-grade textbooks when my family was on food stamps. I do not feel guilty that Joe may have had to drink less-expensive champagne that year so that I could have a sandwich for dinner.

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Working Class White Voters Are Ditching McCain

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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KITTANNING, Pa. — The steel mills and coal mines of western Pennsylvania helped fuel the nation's economic engine. Today, old factory shells and...

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Obama Campaign Target: Blue-Collar Women Face Worst Gender Gap

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

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Philip N. Cohen

Except among the highest earners, women with only a high school degrees face the highest gender gaps compared with men at their own education level.

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How to Grab the Attention of Undecided Voters

Jonathan Leigh Solomon | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Leigh Solomon

Small details, exact costs, specifics, particulars -- all are fatal to a convention speech. Just ask Bill Clinton as he walked off the podium after delivering his keynote address at the 1988 Democratic Convention.

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McCain to Hold "Virtual Town Hall" To Woo Clintonistas

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 06.12.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

The Lieberman-inspired move to woo non-Republicans is designed to look like nonpartisanship, but it's really about maximizing the schism that the Clinton campaign created in the Democratic base.

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Edwards' Endorsement Frees Obama In Picking Running Mate

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.14.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Clinton doesn't help Obama with his electoral map in November. He needs someone who has both pull in the states he wants to win and who can help repair rifts with rural white voters. Two names immediately come to mind.

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Will Obama Win Enough White Votes to Beat McCain?

Art Levine | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

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Art Levine

Apparently white people hold a grudge: ever since Democrats pushed for African-American voting rights and integration, most whites haven't voted for a Democratic president for over 40 years.

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"Validators" Will Help Obama Unlock White House Door

Andy Rosenberg | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics

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Andy Rosenberg

Obama will need a legion of so-called validators -- from the nationally known to the locally respected Only trusted leaders can provide the necessary assurance to voters.

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The $109 Million Dollar Question: Is Clinton Really A Populist?

Dan Treul | Posted 05.04.2008 | Home

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Dan Treul

This weekend, as Clinton defended her gas tax proposal against what she described as the "elite opinion" of professional economists, I, like so many others, had to ask the obvious question: Since when does a Clinton get off as such a populist?

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Message to Hillary (And the DNC): Win Indiana, And You're in the Money

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

A Clinton win among Democrats in the parts of Indiana that most resemble the rest of mid-America is irrefutable proof that she can go toe to toe with the GOP with these voters.

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It's The Con Job, Stupid!

Chip Collis | Posted 04.14.2008 | Home

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Chip Collis

Two of the three presidential candidates are running a major con job on you right now: It's in their attacks on Obama. He was right about economically disadvantaged and politically sidetracked Pennsylvanians.

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Race, Gender and Class in Twenty Aught Eight

Ann Medlock | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

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Ann Medlock

In the blue-collar world, in the world of conservative Christians, and among many of the military, "Iron my shirt" isn't an unreasonable order. It's the way things have been and ever shall be.

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