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Media Matters: Matthews: 'Can Obama Now Win Over the Regular Folks, White Folks, Against John McCain?' (7/7/08) by Matthew Gertz
The racial element of MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews' July 7 question might be excused as just a slip—if not for the history Gertz brings up:
Matthews has also previously asked if Sen. Barack Obama was "too University of Chicago or too South Side Chicago" for working-class voters.... Matthews also previously questioned whether Obama can "connect with regular people" or if he appeals "only" to African-Americans and the well-educated. Talking with Obama supporter Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) on the April 1 edition of Hardball, Matthews said: "Let me ask you about how he—how's he connect with regular people? Does he? Or does he only appeal to people who come from the African-American community?"
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