Read more rural voters stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8976/rural-voters.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 11:26:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39568/rednecks-endorse-obama.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=143104&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401002511' border='0' />Two self-described "rednecks" from the South are on a mission to help elect the nation's first black president. AFP looks at the efforts of the Missouri senior citizens who are defying stereotype with their tounge-in-cheek “Rednecks for Obama” campaign. Their banner drew big crowds at last week's debate, plus a...Barack Obama walks to greet two supporters holding a banner that says "Rednecks for Obama" at a campaign stop in Union, Mo., Wednesday, July 30, 2008. http://www.newser.com/story/39568/rednecks-endorse-obama.htmlThu, 09 Oct 2008 18:27:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/5768/obama-needs-to-try-on-a-blue-collar.htmlHeather McPherson<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=19200&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401033220' border='0' />Barack Obama is having trouble appealing to the more downscale wing of the Democratic Party, a problem on display in a recent Iowa farm appearance in which the Chicagoan complained about the price of arugula at Whole Foods. More a “wine track” than a “beer track” candidate, Obama must find...Senator Barack Obama is the first politician to be on the cover of GQ since presidential running mates Bill Clinton and Al Gore appeared in November 1992. (PRNewsFoto/GQ)http://www.newser.com/story/5768/obama-needs-to-try-on-a-blue-collar.htmlMon, 13 Aug 2007 12:35:33 CDT