Old white women for Obama
Once the media gets a story line, they just won't let it go. So I constantly read that older folks support Clinton. At 58, I should certainly fall in that demographic. Women, they say, overwhelmingly back Clinton. I am also a woman. Since I haven't finished college, despite several stints in higher education, and fall at the lower end of the middle class based on income, I shouldn't be an Obama supporter. But I am.
I am an Obama supporter because he is bringing young people into the political process, and I happen to believe that old saw that the young are the future of our country. And the Obama campaign is opening up the political process to everybody in some important ways. For funding, they're largely relying on a million small donors. For campaign infrastructure, they've built a truly impressive grassroots machine. Both give ordinary voters a stake in politics and in their government. Ordinary voters of all ages.
If we are ever to wrest control of our government away from monied special interests, I believe it is essential that more of us get involved in politics and in our government. So, frankly, Senator Obama could be a little green man from Mars as far as I'm concerned. As long as he's doing the essential work that paves the way for this country to again have a government of the people, by the people, and for the people--this old white woman will buck the media storyline and support him.