According to the most recent Pew Research Center poll, Barack Obama has less support today among Democrats and Independents than John Kerry had four years ago. But he’s making up that ground in an unlikely territory.

Editor:
Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of talk from talking heads who are decidedly not working class telling me that white working class people have a problem with Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Apparently, as a group, we’re all going to ditch Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign because we don’t have the finesse, education and social grace of our [...]

Dear Editor:
This letter is a response to Ashwin Verghese’s decision not to vote [“Refuse to choose from the lesser of two evils,” Ashwin Verghese, April 22, 2008]. I can definitely understand where Ashwin is coming from on this issue, but I feel that his decision may not be the best one.
I too was very disappointed [...]

Editor:
We, the student government leaders of colleges in the Philadelphia region, endorse Sen. Barack Obama as the candidate of our choice for the Democratic candidate for U.S. president.
Firstly, we must note that we are speaking on behalf of our own views as prominent student leaders at our institutions, not on behalf of the student body [...]

Editor:
[In response to [“Joe Frazier’s Gym closes for renovations,” Christopher Wink, April 3, 2008]
Speaking as boxer Marianne Marston, I can personally confirm I am not returning to London, whatever Mr. Leslie Wolff says (or might wish).
He might still be Joe Frazier’s manager, but he is most certainly not mine and does not have the authority [...]

Submitted by Michael N. Price
With the Pennsylvania primary quickly approaching, both Democratic candidates are doing their best to avoid a disastrous political slip-up that could cost them the all-important April 22 vote.
Both Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have made their fair share of mistakes in recent weeks. From uproar over a fiery and controversial [...]

Dear Editor,
In reading your recent editorial [“TSG Rewritten,” March 4, 2008], I was pleased to find an article highlighting just one of the recent changes at Temple that will enhance our university’s standing as a leader among institutions of higher education. The thrust of the article – that Temple Student Government should have a more [...]

Editor:
The candidacy of Barack Obama has excited a whole new generation of previously disinterested young Americans. And though this large and swelling involvement of youth should send Democratic Party members singing “Happy Days Are Here Again,” some regular and older members seem averse to joining the movement and instead expect these young people to temper [...]

Editor:
As the “the paper of record for the Temple University community,” I am disheartened by the lack of political coverage afforded by this paper, especially regarding the student vote.
Youth have mobilized in record numbers all over the country, yet there is no mention of these efforts, even though they are occurring on our campus. In [...]

Editor:
I was almost too afraid to go to class today. Not because I hadn’t prepared for my math test or because of the latest crime statistics in Philly. It was because the door to my building opened so easily.
No one so much as glanced my way as I walked into my classroom full of students. [...]