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Four years ago, he was a figure of inspiration and division: Joe the Plumber and Bill Ayers in one large package. In the presidential campaign of 2004, one party saw Mike the Documentary Filmmaker as a spokesman for working-class rebelliousness, and the other as a symbol of left-wing extremism: Michael Moore, domestic alarmist...
...little brother is a character. When asked to introduce himself to his fourth grade class, he proudly stood and the front of the room and declared, “My name is Yousef. I’m a pacifist, an environmentalist, and a feminist.” And he’s a proud Barack Obama supporter...
...won’t allow him to inherit a nation burdened by debt or a world depleted by global warming. Yousef needs someone like Barack Obama to convince him that the promise of “liberty and justice for all”—that promise his class recites every morning—is one America intends to keep...
...more pucks in the net now that they have even more confidence.”“We all kind of grew up, and we know what is expected of us, and what our team is functioning on,” Ryabkina adds. “My class is just, I would say, my best friends in general, because they’re a huge support.”Playing out of her comfort zone with such enthusiasm shows just how far Ryabkina has come in a single year. No longer in it for herself, she has become...
...Obama got creamed here in the primaries. But now he has two popular surrogates: Ted Strickland, who spent 12 years representing this area in Congress before becoming governor, and Hillary Clinton, who barnstormed here on Friday. McCain appeared here in two rallies last week, where he focused on middle class economic issues. "That region has many people who like their guns, are fairly religious, and some have questions about voting for a black candidate," says Dave Cohen, a political science professor at the University of Akron. "But Obama has Strickland, which is a huge advantage...