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...tested all of Obama's lofty offerings. An economy slipping towards recession and some troubling comments by both himself and his former pastor have combined to force the candidate to come down to earth a bit and emphasize more tangible, immediate responses. With the help of Republican John McCain, Clinton has repeatedly attacked Obama's claimed strengths, attempting to knock him from his transformative pedestal. Some of the attacks have had an impact, especially among the white working class, Hillary Clinton's base, raising questions about Obama's viability in a general election...
...Obama's relatively strong performance on Tuesday showed that he may have learned from his stumbles of late and found a way to make a more direct connection with voters; while he continued to trail Clinton in key demographics such as white blue collar voters, he narrowed those margins that had opened up in Ohio and Pennsylvania...
...Still, there is no doubt that Clinton's approach has left quite a chink in Obama's once seemingly invincible armor. At Clinton's events this week, Obama's troubles echoed through the crowd. "You'll never see Obama in a place like this," said Steve Batterman, a 28-year old machinist apprentice from Hebron, Ind., after a Hillary rally at a local fire station. Of course Batterman was mistaken. Obama travels to small, rural venues with some regularity. But the impression has been established, and is widespread among Clinton supporters. "He seems like he is too good...
...This is the message that the Clinton team loves to hear about Obama. "He is all about economists and playing to the faculty lounge," said Doug Hattaway, one of Clinton's message men. "She's always been more focused on making a tangible difference in people's lives." At the time, he was speaking of the debate over a temporary tax cut in gas taxes that Clinton supports and Obama opposes. For Clinton, it does not matter that the gas tax is almost impossible to pass this summer, with an unfavorable Congress and the threat of a presidential veto. What...
...recent weeks, Clinton has upped her populist message to drive this point home. She speaks out against the oil companies and countries that "have us over the barrel," and promises to challenge the market manipulation of OPEC. She chastises "Wall Street money brokers" and speaks of China like it was a malicious power, exporting "contaminated food, lead laced toys and polluted pharmaceuticals...