Eyes on Blue-Collar Voters, Obama Shifts Style


	Eyes on Blue-Collar Voters, Obama Shifts Style

reimers

4-28-2008 12:24 AM

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4-28-2008 12:51 AM

alanocu

I saw a nice Obama illustration on Flickr the other day: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2291/2311174232_875780c87b_o.jpg

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