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Aug 28 2008 10:00pm EDT

Smith Barney, Meet Your Match

J. Jennings Moss reports from his living room in Manhattan: Here's the best line of the night in Denver.

A man named Barney Smith, in a red checkered shirt, a regular man, a working guy from Indiana who has seen his blue collar job go to a foreign worker, stands before a crowd of nearly 80,000. Before Barack Obama accepts the nomination, he talks about growing up as a Republican. Not any more.

"My country needs a person who needs Barney Smith, more than they need Smith Barney," he said. Cue the loud applause. John McCain should worry about Barney Smith and those like him.

J. Jennings Moss


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