Obama asks for help...

This article was found at wsbtv.com and is about Obama asking his 2008 coalition to help him and his fellow democrats now in 2010. It states that president Obama has been pleading with his supporters to continue to aide him in re-energizing and broadening their coalition. In this plea, he stated that his “backers” were those that needed to be reengaged in this effort. These backers who first helped Obama win the election in 2008 include first-time voters, young people, African Americans, Hispanics, and independents. It goes on to state that many of the senior democratic officials do not expect this coalition of backers to show up in the booths if Obama himself is not on the ballot. They believe this because despite Obama campaigning in three other states for democrats, republicans have won all three races. This reminded me of what we recently talked about in class regarding coalitions. We all know that a coalition is a group of people with one goal. This particular coalition especially was diverse, which many are, and they clearly have taken the democratic side. People in a coalition may feel differently about many various topics, but in the end, they still have one goal. These democrats that are pulling together more than likely have very different views, but they all are still democrats.