My favorite line in the article was:
"When Cecil E. Roberts, president of the coal miners union that shapes politics in much of this mountain region, talks to voters, he tells them that their choice is to have "a black friend in the White House or a white enemy." When Charlie Cox, an Obama supporter, hears friends fretting about Obama's race, he reminds them that they pull for the nearby University of Tennessee football team, "and they're black."
Not to get into the union debate, but honestly, does the union members really have to be told who to vote for??? I mean shouldn't they know by now that they are supposed to punch the blue ticket everytime because they shouldn't think for themselves and we all know that the democrats are for the working man (sarcasm turned to 100%).