Women: My own mother wants HRC to win despie my most ardent support for obama. Shes a middle aged woman who sees hillary as a powerful brilliant woman who deserves a chance at the presidency and break the glass ceiling for women.
How does Barack get through to people like my mother?
What can he do to garner more support from thsi age group and gender mix?
Its a tough challenge.
But<he has to push more to show how his candidacy will be beter for women than HRC's.</p>
How can he do this?
Perhaps by stressing more women friendly issues in his campaign:
Maternity leave, early childhood education, health care, and gender discrimination issues.
ANother big constituency:
LATINOS: how does a black man gather latino support?
Perhaps by stressing UNITY , Minority Unity. But were he to do such a thing, it would isolate the white vote.
therefore, he must suggest that the struggle for latinos is also his struggle, and that the rifts between the two communities can be overcome.
He needs to go back to that community and visit sevreal times before Super tuesday and After.
He needs Ted Kennedy there also at his side.
If OBAMA can break into even 10-20 eprcent of ths vote, he would lock up the nomination.
IMO, this is his challenege. And if anybody can do it,
Barack Obama can.