Pennsylvanians facing tough times are embittered, according to Barack Obama, and so they turn to guns, and religion, and hold anti-immigration and anti-trade views. But the Pennsylvanians I’ve come across don’t seem all that bitter to me–they seem pretty normal, in fact. And compared to a famously bitter Chicagoan named Jeremiah Wright, Pennsylvanians [...]

There was something so sleazy, so cold-blooded about the shafting Bill Richardson gave the Clintons when he endorsed Barack Obama for president a week ago that, for the first time this campaign season, I find myself sympathizing with—even rooting for—one of the big three presidential candidates: Hillary Clinton.