Bitter Pittsburgh Steelers for Obama

Sure are a whole lotta bitter Steelers up in the Steel City. Here's what owner Dan Rooney had to say in his endorsement of raised-by-a-single-mom out-of-touch elitist Barack Obama:

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney on Monday endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid

In a statement, the 75-year-old Rooney said endorsing political candidates is not something he regularly does.

"As a grandfather and a citizen of this community, I think Barack Obama's thoughtful, strategic approach is important to America," Rooney said. "When I hear how excited young people seem to be when they talk about this man, I believe he will do what is best for them, which is to inspire them to be great Americans."

The Obama campaign said the Illinois senator and Rooney met Monday after Obama spoke at a meeting of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. Obama's Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, also addressed the gathering.

Last month, former Steelers running backs Franco Harris and Jerome Bettis also endorsed Obama.

My take on the whole "bitter" controversy is that it will have virtually no affect on the polls. While the talking heads like to blather on about it, the rest of us know exactly what Obama was talking about. Believe it or not, there are people who are bitter about any number of things, including (but not limited to): the war in Iraq, the economy, the destruction of the US Constitution, patriotism questioning, rising gas prices, outing covert CIA agents (and then lying about it), the Taliban still killing our troops in Afghanistan, and promises made by politicians but never kept, just to name a few. People who like Obama do so because they feel like, for once, there's actually someone out there who appeals to them and who they believe will make some changes in Washington.

Here are my predictions about what will happen in the upcoming primaries: The latest polls have Clinton up by an average of about 6 points in PA. I think she'll win by 8%, but the candidates will basically tie in delegates. Obama wins North Carolina big, Clinton wins Indiana by 2%, but loses in delegates. She still takes this thing all the way to the convention as she's promised to do, despite Obama being ahead in both the pledged and superdelagate counts.