Will Obama's Wave Crash at the Shore?
Interesting perspective today in the Toronto Star on the Obama wave:
It's the rumble of a political movement, a Barack Obama wave, building in the distance, about to break in a tsunami of inspiration, a torrent representing a clean break from old ways and a new chapter in American history. It is a national chant of "Yes We Can" swamping Hillary Clinton.But the Obama wave breaks just short of the shore every time it appears ready to wash away everything in its wake.
For all the fervour of the arena rallies, the rapt thousands who hang on the senator's every word and call back to him with religious zeal, the wave has not crashed with all the ferocity bottled up in those venues.
What may be preventing the wave from cresting: the working class, women and 11th hour voters: [More...]
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