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...Des Moines Register •overt hostility of McCain to questions by editors...
Iowa Joyce Carle, 65, of Des Moines retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 25 years. But when the Paulson proposal came up, she immediately wrote a letter to the local paper to voice her opposition. "A $700 billion bailout I feel is going to my grandchildren. They're going to inherit that. I don't think it's going to solve the problem. It may fix it for a while. I don't trust the government to do what they say they're going to do." She says, "I'm no genius [but] it's basically a mortgage crisis...
...paid my dues, and I want to stay retired." She says she's hoping the market "will bounce back if they come up with a plan that people see will work." But, she also says, "I'm not sure I trust what they're saying." - By Betsy Rubiner / Des Moines...
...With reporting by Christopher Maag / Cleveland; Betsy Rubiner / Des Moines, Iowa; Caitlin Sullivan / Troutdale, Va.; and Joseph R. Szczesny / Warren, Mich. (See a collection of Sarah Palin photos here...
...short, a woman who might have a few things in common with Lori Stern, an administrative assistant in Des Moines, Iowa, who lost her second job at a coffee shop when it closed. Stern went to her state's Republican caucuses in January, listened and left without voting. She still hasn't made up her mind, though she's now leaning toward Obama. "I'm very aware of what's going on and have paid attention, but I find it really hard to be trustful of politicians in general," she says. That sentiment is echoed by Beth Seidel, a factory...