http://www.inthesetimes.com/archives/tags/barack+obama/ In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter. en-us Expression Engine jessica@inthesetimes.com seamus@inthesetimes.com Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3682/winning_the_white_working_class/ Tom Lewandowski, a former General Electric factory worker, heads the central labor union council in this northeastern Indiana city of a quarter million people. Once an industrial powerhouse, Fort Wayne is still a manufacturing center despite decades of plant closings that have often been due to jobs being moved overseas. Although socialists were powerful in local politics here before World War I, the town is now a Republican stronghold -- even among many blue-collar workers -- in a state that hasn't voted for a Democratic president since 1964. Fort Wayne, says Lewandowski, his wide grin flashing, is "a red stain on the red state." As a labor leader, Lewandowski remained neutral in the Indiana primary, which Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.)… Barack Obama Politics working class Susan J. Douglas Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3949/hope_vs_fear/ One thing is certain: either Senator Barack Obama's race will prevent him from being elected president, or it won't. I wonder about this not just as an African-American citizen and voter, but professionally, as the legislative and political director of a union that endorsed and supports his campaign. But this presidential race is particularly personal for me because I am caught between the hope and the fear of the generations before and after me. These generations are not theoretical abstractions or demographic subsets of the electorate; they are my father and my daughter. My daughter is the hopeful one. She decided to support Obama for President back in 2007, urging me via a blast e-mail from the campaign to "join… race election 2008 Barack Obama Susan J. Douglas Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:00:00 -0500 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3966/demons_out/ The neocons who sold Americans the Iraq War are working hand in hand with the Christian Right to make sure that a McCain-Palin administration will take up where Bush-Cheney leaves off. Building on doubts some white Americans have about electing a black president, their strategy is to stoke fear that Sen. Barack Obama is the Antichrist. Google it and you will find more than 1.3 million Web entries that discuss Obama and Anti-Christ. In early August, the McCain campaign released an online ad titled "The One," that suggests Obama could be the Antichrist. McCain campaign officials denied they were trying to draw parallels, but many Christian fundamentalists understood. The ad portrayed images that are only found in the 16 books… Barack Obama Christian Right election 2008 Susan J. Douglas