http://election.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/04/15/bitter-class-warfare/ Foreign Policy Guide to Election 2008 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:48:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 http://election.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/04/15/bitter-class-warfare/#comment-619 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:07:57 +0000 http://election.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2008/04/15/bitter-class-warfare/#comment-619 [...] In attempts to engage voters, Hillary Clinton has drank with Irish Catholics, and Obama has gone bowling—cultural activities, not religious. In this campaign, however, Obama’s religious views in particular have been a point of discussion. Obama has tied his faith story to that of the black community in the United States as a result of the controversy about his Pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Obama has not raised such rhetoric in Pennsylvania; he hasn’t had the chance, as he fights the notion that he is “elitist.” [...] […] In attempts to engage voters, Hillary Clinton has drank with Irish Catholics, and Obama has gone bowling—cultural activities, not religious. In this campaign, however, Obama’s religious views in particular have been a point of discussion. Obama has tied his faith story to that of the black community in the United States as a result of the controversy about his Pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Obama has not raised such rhetoric in Pennsylvania; he hasn’t had the chance, as he fights the notion that he is “elitist.” […]

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