Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Bitter in Greensburg, Pa.   [David Freddoso]

A friend calls in from a polling station in rural white west Pennsylvania, where he's following a local Republican primary. He tells me that the Obama poll-worker passing out literature has been getting worked over all morning. Here's a small, anecdotal sample of the remarks. The first one refused an Obama flier as he entered the polling place:

"I'd like to take that, but I'm just too bitter."

And this guy, pointing to a nearby military cemetery:

"I don't like the b****, but at least she'll wear the flag. There are a lot of guys up in that cemetery that fought for that flag."

On the other hand, the younger voters are backing Obama. Turnout is heavy and the weather is beautiful, all working to Hillary's advantage. Don't miss Byron's interesting observation below about Obama's truth problem, the topic of my piece of yesterday.

04/22 12:09 PMShare