Polarizing Express

The article I found in LA Times dealt with how people are beginning to see Hillary Clinton. People have been poking fun at Hillary. Is it the way she is running he campaign? One remark was about how she is going to run this country was about, “

If you’re more sartorially oriented, grab the ‘No Way in Hellary’ shirt,
tastefully emblazoned with a red sketch of Clinton flicking out her forked
tongue” (Klein).

Some people are beginning to believe that her way is wrong now, relating her to a devil. If you follow her, its like following the devil, made by some critics. On the other side of the spectrum on that same place where they were selling those shirts there were ones that

“declares you a member of ‘Team Hillary’, complete with a membership logo etched
in a calming, light-blue script” (Klein).

By looking at this, there is a sense of a polarizing effect now. No one is beginning to stay in the gray area or lean Hillary or not lean Hillary. As the caucuses draw near people’s view on certain candidates are starting to blossom. You can’t just stay in the middle hoping that you’ll decide the best candidate when time comes. According to the last five USA Today/Gallup polls she

“has a 50.4% favorable rating and a 46.6% unfavorable rating compared to Obama’s
53.8% favorable and 30.2% unfavorable” (Klein).

With Hillary, it’s actually questionable now on if she should become the next president or the best possible democratic candidate for president. In my opinion, in the long run the polarizing effect on her is going to hurt her in the future because you don’t have all or some just leaning to one side. She has about half and half leaning against her and with her. She needs to do something drastic in order for her relieve this polarizing effect because Obama has caught up with her in polls. I believe right now, Obama has the upper hand now going as the underdog.

Works Cited: LA Times (The Polarizing Express by Ezra Klein)

Trekking to see Oprah – oh, and Obama

Obama has been trying desperately to get people’s attention. Guess what? Oprah is the answer. Oprah and Obama led a tour in Iowa hoping to gain support for the caucuses coming in January. Oprah tries to convince the people that Obama is the best candidate for president saying,

“I came here because I deeply believe in America…Let’s dream America anew again by
supporting Barrack Obama” (Roug and Mehta).

She explains that Obama is the best solution to the problem in America. They both believed that by doing this they can gain support of the people in Iowa, to benefit Obama in the caucus in January to help him recover the numbers he is losing according to polls. Although the rallies were believed to be a success some people still believed that it wasn’t enough. Some people believed that he needed to wait his turn considering how young his political profile was. One person said,

“just because Oprah is campaigning is not going to persuade my vote, same as
Barbara Streisand campaigning for Hillary…you can’t do things because a
celebrity says so” (Rough and Mehta).

She was seen as a person trying to flower up Obama, a person who desperately needs some support to catch up wtih Hillary.
I found this article interesting because some people believed that Obama was effective in having Oprah come along with him to campaign in Iowa, especially for the reason of gaining more supporters to help him the democratic caucus at Iowa in January. I personally thought it was effective to have Oprah with him, even with the joke that was made about having Oprah being the vice president for Obama as president. She helped people realize that he is the one. She made remarks about Hillary, to saying that she’s not asking people what to think but to think that Obama is the best candidate, and I personally agree too. Although some argue that he has very little experience, but I believe we need a change, maybe a new direction. Although some believe that this campaign was saw as Obama shadowing Oprah, she has helped people see what Obama truly stands for.

Forty Acres and a Gap in Wealth

There are still gaps between economic classes today as well of equality amongst Americans. The article states that,

“this class divide was predicted long ago, and nobody wanted to listen” (Gates).

The rich is still getting rich and the poor is getting poorer. I believe that we need another war on poverty in order to tackle on this issue. I don’t think it should be one of the major issues to consider about it but its up there because it does affect the country as a whole. Poverty is an issue that affects many citizens. If it doesn’t get resolved, the immediate money they receive will become a waste because they aren’t making anything out of their lives other than just doing drugs. It addresses the fact that there is a huge problem with poverty amongst black families. It states that "the gap between the black middle class and underlcass is not evident through the ending of discrimination. People who are well grounded come from families who actually live in a house and own it. People who are trapped in a tenancy tend to not have a “sense of ownership in their future and their society” (Gates). The civil rights movement won’t come into play until they find out the root of this problem of the cause of black suffering.
In my opinion I find it weird when I read the article because it said that politicans will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low. I actually kind of agree that ownership of property helps determine a person’s success. Without a stable roof, finding balance in one’s life can be quite hard.

Works Cited: NY Times: "Forty Acres and a Gap in Wealth" by Henry Louis Gates Jr