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The Obama Problem
May. 7th, 2008 04:04 pmWandering around Indiana, appearing in neighborhoods and at diners without any advance notice, talking to handfuls of people, Obama strived to seem less lofty and more mortal. Hounded by Hillary, Bill and Rev. Wright, he just looked sort of numb. When Obama went to an 11:30 p.m. shift change at an auto components plant here, a Newsday reporter on the scene noted that many of the white men “were less likely to smile or look him in the eye or seem impressed with him.”
In a restaurant in Greenwood on Tuesday, Obama approached an older white guy who waved him off, muttering afterwards to a reporter: “I can’t stand him. He’s a Muslim. He’s not even pro-American as far as I’m concerned.”
-- Maureen Dowd for The New York Times
Such may be the basic physics of the general election campaign. Can the Obama people crack it? Democrats should win this race; they couldn't hope for better conditions. Can Obama win it? That's the 2008 question.
In a restaurant in Greenwood on Tuesday, Obama approached an older white guy who waved him off, muttering afterwards to a reporter: “I can’t stand him. He’s a Muslim. He’s not even pro-American as far as I’m concerned.”
-- Maureen Dowd for The New York Times
Such may be the basic physics of the general election campaign. Can the Obama people crack it? Democrats should win this race; they couldn't hope for better conditions. Can Obama win it? That's the 2008 question.
