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To: jlallen who wrote (274639)	10/15/2008 4:33:41 PM
From: Ruffian	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 794397

Congressman Says Western Pa is Racist But Obama Should Win U.S. Rep. John Murtha said his home base of Western Pennsylvania could reduce Obama's margin of victory by 4 percentage points AP Wednesday, October 15, 2008 U.S. Rep. John Murtha says his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama's victory margin in the state by 4 percentage points. The 17-term Democratic congressman tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a story posted Wednesday on its Web site that, as he put it: "There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area." He says it's taken time for many Pennsylvania voters to come around to liking Obama, but he should still win the state, though not in a runaway. In a separate interview posted Wednesday on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Web site, Murtha says Obama has a problem with the race issue in western Pennsylvania that could shave 4 points off his lead in the state. Fox News....