Obama Has the Momentum & PR
With the results of the Iowa caucuses clearly showing Barack Obama being the choice of Democrat voters, the momentum is on his side. Coming off a 38% of the vote with John Edwards closet to him reigning in 30%, Obama needs to reinforce the message. This is one that I have stated here before in this blog that should be his campaign message should be one that nullifies the lack of experience as those leaders deemed with experience have not done a job that the vast majority of citizens have approved.
“Message of Change” … over the past 2 years the country has called out for a change. A change in policy, change in vision, change in enthusiasm. Obama appears to have the charisma and drive to accomplish this.
At this point, the race is his to win. It will come down to perception and consistency.
The Boston Globe had an article this morning about past early primary and caucus winners not being able to carry that momentum forward … http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/04/political_history_a_warning_for_early_season_winners/
True, but it looks like that was back in the 80’s and with the access to info at voters fingertips, times may change.
At the same time, momentum can swing very fast with that ability for information to spread like wildfire!