In discussing last Sunday's high-profile Obama event here in L.A., Andrew Rosenthal writes for the New York Times: "Forty-eight hours before the closest thing America has ever had to a national primary, four extraordinary women put on the best campaign rally I’ve seen in 20 years of covering presidential politics." The praise continues to flow as Rosenthal calls the event "pitch-perfect" and effusively recaps the program, which featured a powerhouse lineup of Michelle Obama, Caroline Kennedy, Oprah Winfrey, and Maria Shriver.
It seems like a smart move for Obama's campaign to highlight such esteemed women who deeply support the candidate since women are a group that may yet rally for Clinton. Oprah, a living legend whose devoted followers treat her every word as edict, took the opportunity to re-frame the "gender versus race" issue. Instead of feeling tied to one candidate by biographical stats, Oprah urged voters to celebrate these landmark circumstances and consider that they actually "are free from the constraints of gender and race." It will be interesting to see how women vote tomorrow considering the recent upswing of Obama momentum.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/opinion/04mon4.html?em&ex=1202360400&en=2b69974241588f95&ei=5087%0A
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for ONCE, I agree with Oprah.
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