indy star: When asked whether he had done enough to win over the state’s working class voters, Obama referenced his results in previous primaries.
“It’s really been a mixed bag. There’s been some states where we won the blue-collar vote – we won it in Wisconsin, we won it in Iowa, we won it in Minnesota,” Obama said. “Then there are other states where we haven’t done so well, mainly because people are much more familiar with Sen. Clinton, President Clinton and their track record. So you have got to give them credit. They’re the best-established brand name in Democratic politics, maybe in politics overall.”
Much of Obama’s effort to reach out to those blue-collar voters has included rejecting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s plan for a gas tax holiday this summer.
“They’ve been on the scene for 20 years. They’re not going to go down easy,” Obama said of the Clintons. “We’ve just got to keep on delivering our message that if we’re going to change things like high gas prices, we can’t keep doing the same Washington-style patchwork solutions that we’ve been doing.”
While Obama leaned on the Clinton brand as a reason why he’s lost the blue-collar vote in other states, he admitted in Indiana those voters should be more familiar with him.
“Absolutely,” he said. “One of the great things about traveling through Indiana is that it feels like home.”
here's to hoping that indiana and north carolina put an end to hillary's campaign. also note, that indiana has 200,000 newly registered voters. no one knows how they'll vote. visit realclearpolitics for the latest polls.
