John Murtha's an idiot for a lot of reasons, but he's not entirely wrong on this. It might be more accurate to say Western Pennsylvania is remarkably short of white guilt. I'm not sure there are such a large number Caucs who will vote *against* the darker portion of Obama's skin color, but it is safe to say trying to convince them the will be better people or addressing historical wrong or making history by voting *for* him for that reason alone will fall on deaf ears.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - 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."
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>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.
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>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.
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