Women Vs. Obama
Backlash as they agree with Oprah and discount her endorsement. Dallas Morning News:
AUSTIN – The Oprah Winfrey endorsement might have generated a lot of press for Barack Obama, but not a lot of impress, particularly among younger women, a poll released Wednesday shows.
A Lifetime/Zogby poll of women shows that of those 18 to 29, almost a third said they were less likely to support the Illinois senator because of the Oprah support. Older women, over 65, also showed they were ruffled by Ms. Winfrey stepping “out of her pew,” as the daytime diva herself described it. About 17 percent of older women said the endorsement made them less likely to support Mr. Obama.
Sounds like they were actually listening. Here’s what they told the Boston Herald at the big Oprah-palooza in New Hampshire Dec. 9. Archived excerpt:
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Oprah Winfrey gave Barack Obama the kind of windfall her favorite authors get - an audience unheard of at presidential primary events - as tens of thousands of starstruck fans packed rallies in early-voting New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina this weekend.
The big question . . . were they really there for her or for him?
“I’m not lying, I came here to see Oprah. I know nothing about him,” said Sandy Beasley, 43, of Amherst. “Everybody wants to see Oprah.”
Topics: pols
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:01 am on Friday, December 21, 2007
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December 21st, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Heh.