Hmmm… Women voters aren’t warming to ‘cool’ Obama
The Obama campaign has a woman problem. How big? How small? It’s not clear, but in a close election, small can be big.
And Michelle Obama spoke to it Monday in Chicago.
Departing from her prepared remarks, she cautioned a ballroom of applauding “Women for Obama” that despite their unwavering support, “there’s a whole country out there that still needs a little convincing.”
You wouldn’t have known it from this mostly well-dressed, mostly well-heeled crowd. Many of the women, black and white, young and old, were early donors who gave money back when Barack Obama was a long shot, and they were gladly giving again now. A lovely lunch of organic chicken prepared by a renowned chef, Alice Waters, brought in somewhere between $400,000 and $700,000 for the Obama Victory fund.
But the women Obama needs right now are the ones who do not dine downtown. They’re the ones who can’t afford organic anything, forced to choose between a gallon of gas and a gallon of milk because they can’t buy both on the same day.
Observation…
Barack Obama is like the organic chicken at lunch. Sleek, elegant, beautifully prepared. Too cool.
Recent numbers…
Sphere: Related ContentThe July 15 Quinnipiac University poll shows women overall backed Obama over McCain 55 percent to 36 percent. Then again, the margin was far smaller among independent women, who preferred Obama by just three points, 45 percent to 42 percent. And finally, there’s that Clinton problem. The Associated Press/Yahoo News “found that just 12 percent of former Clinton supporters say they are excited about Obama.”
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