Writing from Youngstown, Ohio, for the Long Island newspaper, Thrush sets the scene this way: "The Rebel anthem 'Sweet Home
"The switch reflects the Clinton campaign's focus . . . Clinton's aides believe that a substantial number of undecided voters, who now make up 8 to 10 percent of those eligible to vote in the Democratic primary, are working-class white men. . . . Her campaign sees a real opportunity to pick up undecided white male voters in the Appalachian eastern part of the state, rural western counties and rust belt towns in the north."
A big part of Clinton's pitch to this target group is the argument that she is more qualified than Barack Obama to be commander in chief. Her campaign "touted her endorsement by 25 high-ranking military officials," Thrush notes, adding, "Obama made his own pitch to rural voters in the Appalachian region yesterday during a small town hall in Nelsonville focusing on his plan to develop 'green jobs' to replace the region's vanishing smokestack industries." (Read more)
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