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MICHELLE OBAMA SAYS SHE’S NOT ELITIST: Michelle Obama said Wednesday she is a product of a working-class background and rejected characterizations of her and her husband as elitist. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has tried to deflect criticism of his comments that .jpg)
people in small towns cling to religion and guns out of bitterness over their economic plight. Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican John McCain have called the remarks elitist. Obama said it was a poor choice of words to describe the economic insecurity many face (Associated Press). "I am a product of a working-class background, I am one of those folks who grew up in that struggle. That is the lens through which I see the world," Michelle Obama told a cheering crowd at Harrison High School, "There were no miracles in my life," she said. "The thing that I saw that many of us still see is hard work and sacrifice." Touching on rising food and gas prices, the mortgage crisis and many Americans’ struggles to make ends meet on one salary, she asked the crowd, "Does this sound familiar? Am I out of touch?"
HILL ATTENDED OBAMA RALLY: The appearance of U.S. Rep. Baron Hill, D-Ind., in Columbus for Friday’s speech by Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., caught people’s attention (Columbus Republic). Hill is one of Indiana’s 12 Democratic superdelegates but also one of five who have not publicly stated which candidate they are backing for president: Obama or Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. Members of the local and state Republican parties, and the National Republican Congressional Committee, believe Hill should announce now which candidate he supports. However, the local Democratic party chairman believes Hill should wait, and Hill is remaining tight-lipped. "We really don’t have any comment on this story," said Katie Moreau, his press secretary. Gary Bell, Bartholomew County Democratic Party chairman, believes Hill should wait until after Indiana’s primary on May 6 to declare his support.
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