"A conservative campus senses a shift; Democrats are hoping to make inroads" by Scott Helman, Globe Staff | October 17, 2008
OXFORD, Ohio - When we asked students yesterday to take a stab at guessing the political breakdown of the student body, several said 50-50. But in a brief tour of campus, we found many more Obama voters - and more Obama signs - than McCain ones. --more--"
CINCINNATI - My colleague Dina's grandmother, Jane Jansak, was a longtime social worker, church-goer, and good Samaritan in this neighborhood, and she saw it slowly transition from white to black - building by building, as she explained. Jansak helped start the food bank, which they called the "Free Store" back then, along with a city dump employee named Frank Gerson, who used to take discarded items and give them to the needy.
Today, Over-the-Rhine struggles with joblessness, crime, and drugs. Several voters, in explaining the lack of economic opportunity, said violence and theft were rampant. But while the voters we talked to earlier in the week in rural Ohio expressed a sense of hopelessness, people here told us they still had faith. Things aren't necessarily less bleak on these city streets, but there is hope that Obama's policies might, if he wins, help them. Might change things. --more--"
It truly is a humbling thing, readers: here you have PEOPLE whom have SUFFERED worse than the racist whitey in the hills, and THEY have MORE HOPE!!!
The fine residents of Ohio certainly have more hope than I do right now!
