SCRANTON, Pa. -- For a while, the political rally that took place in here on Oct. 12 seemed to be happening in a parallel universe in which Hillary Clinton is running a general-election campaign. Scranton, of course, is Clinton Country. Older white women constituted the majority of the crowd inside the Astroturf-carpeted sports complex, and many of them wore Hillary buttons on their shirts. Several of the men wore Hillary buttons on the suspenders they used to hold up their jeans. Bill delivered an address attesting to his wife's wonderfulness. Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden spent the first portion of his speech talking about how close he was to Clinton. Barack Obama was nowhere to be found.
SCRANTON, Pa. -- For a while, the political rally that took place in here on Oct. 12 seemed to be happening in a parallel universe in which Hillary Clinton is running a general-election campaign. Scranton, of course, is Clinton Country. Older white women constituted the majority of the crowd inside the Astroturf-carpeted sports complex, and many of them wore Hillary buttons on their shirts. Several of the men wore Hillary buttons on the suspenders they used to hold up their jeans. Bill delivered an address attesting to his wife's wonderfulness. Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden spent the first portion of his speech talking about how close he was to Clinton. Barack Obama was nowhere to be found.
