The Oprah-Obama Show, starring Oprah Winfrey and B. Hussein Obama, has hit the road. The pair started in Iowa on Saturday and will make their way to Columbia, South Carolina for a huge rally on Sunday at Williams-Brice Stadium, home of the South Carolina Gamecocks football team at the University of South Carolina.
Williams-Brice Stadium seats over 80,000. The rally originally had been scheduled for the coliseum which seats 18,000 but had to be moved due to the overwhelming response.
Oprah is the most popular woman in America, you know.
Oh, and she's bringing Obama with her too.
Let's get down to the nitty-gritty, shall we? Without Oprah, Barack Obama wouldn't have drawn enough of a crowd to fill a classroom at the University of South Carolina. This rally, therefore, is all about Oprah Winfrey.
Mrs. Clinton is the overwhelming favorite among Democrats in S.C., and there is no real reason to think this will be changing--except for one significant factor according a few Democratic pollsters and pundits.
Oprah is hugely popular among white women over the age of 55. Democratic political consultants think that her endorsement may sway some of these older white women to support Obama.
This is wishful thinking at best.
Many Republican women within this demographic like Oprah Winfrey as well, but there is no way in hell they are going to support or vote for Barack Obama, who basically stands for nothing except for his very public record as a state legislator in Illinois, which shows that he is against the right to keep and bear firearms and that he voted against requiring life-support measures for babies that survive failed abortion attempts.
White women in South Carolina who are age 55 and up may go to a rally to hear B. Hussein Obama if it means they get to see their TV heroine, Oprah Winfrey, but you can bet the farm on the fact that they are NOT going to support Barack Obama.
In addition, Obama has failed to capture the support of the state's Black voters, who overwhelmingly support Mrs. Clinton. Over 52% of Democrats in South Carolina are African-American.
In short, Obama is NOT going to win the state's Democratic primary.
After the Oprah-groupies leave Williams-Brice Stadium tomorrow they will be talking about how exciting it was to see Oprah in person...and wonder why Hillary had to miss the event.
Sunday, December 09, 2007
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"Oprah is hugely popular among white women over the age of 55. Democratic political consultants think that her endorsement may sway some of these older white women to support Obama.
This is wishful thinking at best."
I wonder about this, I really do. Of course, I live smack dab in the middle of fly over country and polls/demographics don't often reflect what truly goes on here.
I know this Oprah is strong with women of all ages out here. She flat plays.
I almost think that it would be as hard to convince a person to go out and buy a book than it would be to convince a person to vote for someone. And, Oprah has convinced people to buy some screwy books, in big numbers.
She may not be as big a factor in S.C. as she is out here.
With that in mind, my gut tells me that the pundits are putting too much weight on what happens in this first wave of primaries, this time around; on both sides.
Yep, she has sold some crap through the years, yet women still adore her. Does this translate into votes for Obama? Not in South Carolina, that much is for sure!
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