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they’re waiting." The indecision was reflected in the comments of some East Valley voters, who
agonized and then literally made up their minds in the voting booth. "I was completely torn. I sat there
for five minutes," said Lareina Reyes of Mesa. "Did I do the right thing?" Reyes eventually came down
on Clinton’s side, persuaded by her policy positions on health care and the economy, as well as her
personality. "Hillary comes from a standpoint that there’s a lot of tough love for her," said Larenia
Reyes, 22. "She’s not a soft person. But she’s the kind of person we need in office" The race has
been billed as change versus experience, and in maverick Arizona, Obama’s message of hope and
unity rang true with many voters. Even with Democrats who favored Clinton, there were the inevitable
comparisons between Obama and former President Kennedy. But Mesa Community College nursing
student Eddie Koch, 25, said he was sold on Obama’s positions on health care and immigration, as
well as his charismatic appeal to young people. "I work in the emergency room at Banner Gateway
and I see both of those issues in the ER," he said. "(Obama) does present himself pretty good, and
he’s younger and more in tune with how I feel."
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