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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PartyTime who wrote (54363)	11/3/2008 9:14:43 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224704

Missouri Bellwether: Lincoln Co Supports McCain Lincoln County, Mo., has mirrored the national vote in the past 12 presidential elections. It is the only bellwether county left in the nation's only bellwether state. And it is one of just six bellwether counties across the country. The rural county of close to 60,000 sits on the fringes of the St. Louis metropolitan area along the Mississippi River. Lincoln County was dominated by conservative Democrats for more than a century. They tended to vote Democratic in local elections but often chose more conservative Republican candidates in presidential contests. Democrats and Republicans share strong conservative beliefs opposing abortion, gay marriage and gun control. They also share values based on religion. They're Baptists and Catholics, and they go to church. There's no ambivalence among some of the regulars at the daily coffee and conversation gatherings at the Landmark Restaurant in Troy. Twice a day, a group of farmers, fishermen and retirees sit at a large round table reserved for them. It has a sign above it that declares the group the "College of Knowledge." "Locally, I support our local Democratic leaders because I know in their hearts they're Christians," says retired truck driver and businessman Gene Tucker. "But nationally, I'm against the Democrats. And as far as Obama, I don't think Obama has the experience to be our president." Carol Wessel, the Republican Party chairwoman, is confident Lincoln County will continue the Republican trend of the past two presidential elections and support McCain.