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Plenty of people along Route 50 and I‑70 in the heart of the heartland will vote for McCain - like Don Wren, who owns an ice cream shop in Troy and supports the Republican ticket for religious reasons. But the gop nominee is up against a tough reality out here when it comes to holding the swing voters who elected Bush. McCain is offering a promise of reform to a group of voters who have little faith left in the promises of politicians. "They're all going to tell you what they want you to hear," O'Hare said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: For White Working Class, Obama Rises on Empty Wallets | 10/12/2008 | See Source »

Erik Buell, Founder and Chairman of Buell Motorcycles, the Harley-Davidson subsidiary that makes high-performance sport bikes, is dressed in his signature mechanic's shirt and faded blue jeans when he greets me at the Buell plant in rural East Troy, Wis. He's bouncing around from subject to subject--from his beloved sport bikes to motocross to how he makes guitars--with a passion that's palpable. I quickly forget the plane ride that I spent fretting about how to get out of riding a motorcycle. Buell has turned it into an opportunity you wouldn't want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Harley-Davidson's Wildest Child | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

...play some pick-up, hard-nosed, crazy-faced, dragon-inspired football out in front of Leverett,” they quipped. “Let’s play it the way god intended it to be so, be so.”And it was so. I joined Troy “Murder” Murrell ’09, Max “Skull Crusher” Huber ’08-’09, Jake “Suck it” Segal ’09, Ryan “Hack Attack” Hackett...

Author: By Walter E. Howell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: WALLY WORLD: Backyard Football Cures All That Ails | 9/29/2008 | See Source »

...human nature to take the easy path. Keeping a Down syndrome baby or refusing preferential treatment in horrendous prisoner-of-war conditions is a measure of character. Some can say what they'll do under pressure; others have demonstrated what they did under the intense heat of reality. Troy Hammond, ASHBURN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McCain: Temper of the Times | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

...prisoner-of-war conditions is a measure of character. That's what it takes for me to choose a candidate, facing an uncertain world with insufficient data. Some can say what they'll do under pressure; others have demonstrated what they did under the intense heat of reality. Troy Hammond, ASHBURN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

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