"Hillary, Hammond, and History" and Hooray for those Hoosiers!
Submitted by Nick Kelly on April 1, 2008 - 11:15pm.
Hillary Clinton | Indiana | Jobs | Steel | Democratic politics
My dad worked at a steel mill in Indiana and saved up enough money to start his own business about 20 years before I was born. Hard working people, those Hoosiers. They deserve a hard working President.
Hillary Clinton speaks at Hammond Civics Center 1
This was such an exciting rally!You could feel the energy from the moment you entered the buiding. She is such a down to earth, caring lady!We need her in the White House!
Indicative of both the support and the curiosity surrounding Clinton, the line at the Civic Center queued up at 6:30 a.m., despite the cold.
Black, white, Hispanic, young, old, blue-collar and white-collar, they came from throughout Lake and Porter counties, joining the who's who of Lake County politics, saying they liked Clinton's talk of affordable health care and support of education.
"I believe we could again put thousands of Americans to work rebuilding America"
Clinton complained about the amount of American defense manufacturing outsourced to other countries. The magnets that guide our laser missiles used to be made in Indiana but are now made in China, she said, and that's not good for America's security interests.
"We're going to get back to producing what America needs for our national defense"
Some questions for the people in the crowd.
Hillary tops the latest poll in Indiana
Clinton 9 Atop Obama, 5 Weeks to Indiana Democratic Primary: In a Democratic Primary in Indiana today, 04/01/08, 5 weeks until votes are counted, Hillary Clinton defeats Barack Obama 52% to 43%, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for WHAS-TV Louisville and WCPO-TV Cincinnati. Obama leads 3:2 among the youngest voters. Clinton leads 2:1 among the oldest voters. Clinton leads by 21 points among whites. Obama leads by 58 points among blacks. Obama leads in greater Indianapolis. Clinton leads in Northern, Central and Southern Indiana. Clinton leads by 2 among men and by 17 among women. Among voters focused on Iraq, the candidates tie. Among voters focused on the Economy, Clinton leads by 14. Among voters focused on health care, Clinton leads by 10. Clinton leads by 12 among those who describe themselves as Democrats.
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I've got to admit I've got a very good feeling about all this. Hooray for those soon to be history making Hoosiers! They are now on the path to bringing our troops, our jobs, and our country back home!
This is more like BO's "pre-surge" numbers and, hopefully, spells a reversal in the perception that he can win!
of all the states, Indiana will never vote for a Democrat in the fall. I don't mean to be a wet blanket (there are Democrats in Indiana, but mostly transplants from somewhere else...).
"It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and one to hear." - Henry David Thoreau
Indiana is sandwiched between the very blue Illinois and swing state Ohio. I've never understood why Indiana is so red.
Stan Davis
Lakewood, CO
Wes Clark -- Make America All It Can Be!
because it's so rural, according to my Chicago-born, political junkie husband. IL has pro-union cities, he claims, that make it Democratic. And, of course, most of its big cities have significant black populations. (WV is also rural, but very pro-union.)
Republican ticket, Indiana voted For the Democrat!
Just say'in. ;)
Nick Kelly
Wes Clark could still secure America as a national security candidate.
I hadn't looked at Survey USA. Gallup, Rasmussen, and ARG don't have a recent Indiana poll.
Stan Davis
Lakewood, CO
Wes Clark -- Make America All It Can Be!