Obama’s Youth-Driven Movement
Posted by Ted Hopton on January 28, 2008
Another take on Obama’s popularity — Roger Cohen’s column in the NYT, “Obama’s Youth-Driven Movement,” probes an angle that is not entirely new, but he adds depth to the picture:
This little town suggests Obama has indeed assembled “the most diverse coalition of Americans we’ve seen in a long, long time,” as he put it. It’s now set to include Senator Edward Kennedy. If that growing coalition is beyond race, as I believe, rather than vulnerable to race, as the Clintons seems to have bet, South Carolina will prove no aberration.
Do I want to consider myself part of that youth movement, or is it the idealism that appeals to me — or both?
