Barack Obama has a big problem on his hands with White Working Class voters leading up to the primary contests in Indiana and North Carolina. He is faltering in his attempts to win over this all important voting block, and the impression this group has of Obama is getting worse every day.
In an ominous sign of the damage that has been inflicted on the Obama campaign, polls are indicating that White Working Class Voters which include Blue Collar Workers, are very disturbed by Obama's associating with the controversial pastor Rev. Wright, and his demeaning statements about "small-town" residents. Even more alarming then the remarks by Obama and his former pastor, is the perception by this voting block that Obama has failed to address their concerns about job losses and the battered economy.
Terry Madonna, a political science professor at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., summed it up best when he said,"While it's incredibly motivating and passionate and compelling, it lacks content," Madonna said. "Hillary would come in and relate to them, talk about the specifics of her policy."
Keith Wolfe, 41, a supermarket food stocker from Parkville, Md., said in a follow-up interview,"It's the stuff about his preacher ... and the thing he said about Pennsylvania towns, how they turn to religion,I don't think he'd be a really good leader."
The exit poll is based on in-person interviews with more than 36,000 voters in 28 states that have held primaries this year in which both candidates actively competed
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