Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
If Rotterdam’s polling numbers are any indication of the national results, Sen. John McCain will not be the next president of the United States.
Rotterdam is one of the few towns in the country considered a bellwether for presidential elections. That’s partly because so many residents follow politics avidly and partly because of the town’s mix of young families, retirees, wealthy suburbanites and working-class residents....
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