Article: 'Star-struck lefties'are in good company

In your Feb. 7 editorial ("Preserving party unity crucial to winning") you broke down the demographics of voters likely to support the Democratic candidates. For Barack Obama, you listed African-Americans, star-struck lefties and inner-city voters.

I must admit the characterization of "star-struck" annoyed me as a self-described liberal supporting Sen. Obama's candidacy. I thoroughly appreciate his oratory skills, but I have also listened to his policy-rich/excitement-low speeches. There is plenty of substance to back up the excitement that he is capable of generating. I think that it has been generally accepted that almost all of the Democratic candidates for president are/were pretty ...

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