Barak Obama Campaigns via Amtrak
Harry Truman was trailing badly in the 1948 presidential campaign, but he took his case directly to the people of small-town America by train … and he won.
Senator Barak Obama has taken a page from President Harry Truman’s book and is campaigning through Pennsylvania on his own whistle-stop tour aboard a four-car train hauled by twin Amtrak locomotives.
This is being written before the results from the Pennsylvania’s Primary Election are in, so we don’t know yet how effective Obama’s whistle-stop campaign will be.
But, as a rail advocate, it’s nice to know there’s at least one candidate who understands that you really gain a true understanding of this country from the window, or the observation platform, of a train.
Absolutely! It’s an important distinction, too. Thanks for the comment and the astute observation.
Great photo. What a difference between the view from the train and the view from a limo. Like seeing the backyards instead of the frontyards.