Greetings from Pennsylvania. I’ve been following Hillary Clinton’s campaign for a couple of days, and I have a new story up on the home page. One thing I found particularly striking about the Clinton voters I met in the Mon Valley — the Monongahela Valley, a Clinton stronghold — is the sheer number who told me they won’t vote for Obama if he is the Democratic nominee:

This is Clinton country. A new poll from Suffolk University, out today, shows Clinton leading Barack Obama statewide, 52 percent to 42 percent. But in the southwestern part of the state, here in the Mon Valley, Clinton has a huge lead, 74 percent to 17 percent.
And people here aren’t just for Clinton. They’re against Obama. At this Hillary rally, no one expresses any outright hostility to Obama, but they tell me over and over again that they just don’t like him, that they don’t care for him, that they don’t trust him. They view him as inexperienced and not ready to be president, and they think he’s selling them a bill of goods. “I could tell you I’m going build you a house, and I’m going to do everything you want,” a man named Bernie tells me. “I’m going to put everything in it just the way you want it. And then you give me your money, and you find out I’m not a carpenter.”
The new Suffolk poll found that found that 46 percent of Democrats surveyed in southwest Pennsylvania would either vote for John McCain or would be undecided if their candidate doesn’t win. They’re the people here tonight. When I ask whether they will vote for Obama if he wins the Democratic nomination, the answers are quick:
”If Hillary doesn’t win, I’m not voting.”
”No.”
”I will not.”
”I’d have to debate myself on that one.”
Others said they would reluctantly cast votes for Obama. But at least half the people I speak to say they simply would not vote for him in the general election.