By David Lightman | McClatchy Newspapers BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — Voters in this rugged slice of small-town Pennsylvania, where even going for groceries can mean a 10-mile trip, fall into two camps: those who want the government to find more oil and those who don't. Put another way, they either like John McCain, who got applause in Wilkes-Barre this week for touting offshore drilling and suspending the federal gasoline tax, or they prefer Barack Obama and his plan to expedite development of alternative energy sources. Whichever camp they fit into, when you ask people what's on their minds, energy is what's on their minds. Voters do agree on this: "People here drive a long way to get anywhere," said Ryan Stalker, a Lackawanna College administrator. They also tend to live in older homes, where heating and cooling costs can soar. And...
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