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CHARLES CANADY (R) District 12 (Central--Polk County; Lakeland; parts of Hillsborough County...
That's exactly what the 15-year-old boys who sell their bodies on Polk Street in San Francisco say. And the young pickpockets in midtown Manhattan. And the baby-faced heroin addicts panhandling in Seattle. In Miami. In San Diego. Sure, the streets are brutal, even terrifying at times, but let me tell you a few stories about my dad or my mom or the uncle who won't leave me alone...
Politicians say yes; the folks in Polk are not so sure...
...rural Polk, 80 miles north of Pittsburgh, people had more trouble making sense of the tragedy -- not just because they were closer to Shingledecker, but because some realized that for at least two years, without the benefit of any cinematic model, Venango County youths have been lying down in the middle of the street, daring the cars to come...
Geography kicks into the equation as well. Bush hails from Texas, Clinton from Arkansas. The last time two Southerners squared off in a presidential race was in 1844, when James Polk, a Democrat from Tennessee, defeated Henry Clay, a Whig from Kentucky. In 1832, Andrew Jackson, another Tennessee Democrat, also defeated Clay...