Senator Obama's comment in San Fransisco calling small-town Pennsylvania voters "bitter" has caused a firestorm for the likely Democratic nominee.http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 2:41:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40144/murtha-backtracks-on-pa-racism-jab.html?refid=rss_all_defaultRep. John Murtha apologized for saying yesterday that “racist” western Pennsylvanians wouldn’t vote for Barack Obama, CNN reports. “While we cannot deny that race is a factor in this election, I believe we've been able to look beyond race these past few months,” the Democrat said today in a statement. “I believe he will win both Pennsylvania and the White House.”http://www.newser.com/story/40144/murtha-backtracks-on-pa-racism-jab.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 16 Oct 2008 13:19:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35717/its-not-race-thats-holding-him-back.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama goes into this week's convention in Denver with only the slimmest of leads—or, as some polls suggest, trailing John McCain. In a year when it's widely assumed that any Democratic candidate should be a shoo-in, many in the press have suggested that Obama's race is costing him support. Not so, writes Matt Bai in the New York Times , who says that the candidate "faces genuine obstacles that are more salient than skin color."http://www.newser.com/story/35717/its-not-race-thats-holding-him-back.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 25 Aug 2008 7:15:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/31365/nra-plots-multimillion-dollar-campaign-against-obama.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe NRA has budgeted $40 million for the fall elections, with more than one-third of it set aside to spotlight Barack Obama's gun policies. The ad blitz will deny Obama the opportunity to neutralize the issue, Politico reports. A rep says the NRA will target 15 battleground states. “We look forward to showing him ‘bitter,’” he said.http://www.newser.com/story/31365/nra-plots-multimillion-dollar-campaign-against-obama.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 01 Jul 2008 11:24:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30128/blogger-on-trail-scoops-msm.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTwo of the biggest recent campaign scoops—Barack Obama's "bitter" bomb and Bill Clinton's "scumbag" tirade—originated not with the mainstream media but with a 61-year-old Oakland resident who blogs for the Huffington Post. The New Yorker visits with Mayhill Fowler, who ruminates about her exclusives and expresses a few regrets.http://www.newser.com/story/30128/blogger-on-trail-scoops-msm.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 16 Jun 2008 16:06:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26279/how-obama-won-blue-collars-in-wisconsin.html?refid=rss_all_defaultGiven Barack Obama’s much-ballyhooed problems with white, working-class voters, it's instructive to remember that he clobbered Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin by 17 points in February, notes Mike Madden in Salon. If he can reconnect with those voters in Indiana—another state close to his Illinois home—he could wrap up the nomination. That is, of course, much easier said than done.http://www.newser.com/story/26279/how-obama-won-blue-collars-in-wisconsin.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 01 May 2008 15:39:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25085/michelle-touts-obamas-as-just-folks.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMichelle Obama is hammering home a message that she and her husband are just “regular folks" of humble backgrounds. She has become a key weapon as the candidate continues to be buffeted by criticisms that he's "elitist" in the wake of his characterization of rural America as Bible-thumping, gun-toting and "bitter." Michelle Obama is focusing on her upbringing on Chicago’s South Side and Barack’s as the son of a poor single mom.http://www.newser.com/story/25085/michelle-touts-obamas-as-just-folks.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 24 Apr 2008 20:58:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24965/george-will-knows-the-working-class.html?refid=rss_all_defaultGeorge Will knows blue collar America? Probably not, Jonathan Chait writes in the New Republic , but the "fabulously wealthy, bow tie-wearing, pretentious" pundit still blasted Barack Obama for saying rural voters "cling to" firearms and religion. And Will is not alone—US leaders have long treated blue collar workers as "a victim-hero class" with "moral superiority" they don't have.http://www.newser.com/story/24965/george-will-knows-the-working-class.html?refid=rss_all_defaultFri, 18 Apr 2008 17:50:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24841/blue-collar-philly-paper-taps-obama.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe Philadelphia Daily News endorsed Barack Obama today, calling the Democratic choice one “between the past and the future” and saying the campaign season has been a great indication of eventual governing style. Obama's performance proves his administration will be “well-managed, inclusive … freer of the corrupting influence of big-money donors and corporate interests.” The paper says Obama’s vision is “badly” needed.http://www.newser.com/story/24841/blue-collar-philly-paper-taps-obama.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 24 Apr 2008 20:58:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24843/a-bitter-man-who-clings-to-his-guns.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWhile the Democratic candidates were grinding away at each other last night, some other normally stiff shirts were loosening up at the Radio and Television Correspondents annual dinner in DC. The high points: Dressed in hunting hat and shades (no naked lady), Dick Cheney spoofed Barack Obama’s blue-collar gaffe (“Obviously you’re not the kind to look down on a bitter man who clings to his guns”) and Hillary Clinton’s whiskey shot (“Looked like she replaced Mark Penn with Johnnie Walker.’)http://www.newser.com/story/24843/a-bitter-man-who-clings-to-his-guns.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 24 Apr 2008 20:58:16 CDT