Women for Obama

In the video above, was at the 50^th anniversary of the Women Freedom Riders.   He honored people that he said helped him on his Road to the White House.  By this he means that over 50 years ago Freedom Riders traveled to the south to challenge segregation.  If not for this act Barack Obama would not even be President at this moment.   Everything that happened to these people endured the civil rights Movement to come about. 

During the speech the President stated:

"They believed in a different future for their daughters and for their sons. The Freedom Riders had faith that America could still be perfected. And as has been noted it is only because they did that I am able to stand here as president of the United States of America."    He continues: "I promise to keep doing everything I can to help every single American achieve their own piece of the American Dream. It's a promise I'm making as the inheritor of the extraordinary sacrifices that were made by these Freedom Riders."

Barack Obama has been said to be targeting the female vote lately.  He launched a new initiative titled "Women for Obama".  In the National Exit Poll, Obama is said to have won by CNN 56% of the female vote. That is a good number for the 2008 presidential election.  Considering that his opponent had a female Vice President he won a lot of the votes.  This is a trend he not only wishes to keep but nonetheless expand.  The first lady is the honorary chair of the group.  The task of this would be to expand the female vote across the nation.  The goal of Women for Obama is to simply increase participation in the electoral process as a whole.  Barack Obama speaks out about how women are the cores of everything in life.  He goes to say that we, as women are the heart of this campaign.  He sticks to the key term heart and says women are the heart of communities, families, and society as a whole.   The group is said to enhance women communication with campaign leadership and to have a key voice in the upcoming campaign.  As women are the hearts of many aspects they would be key for campaign strategy.

The reason people feel this strategy will work is because first and foremost women outnumber men in the United States.  Men have been allowed to vote ages before women.  Although women have been a allowed to vote statistics do show more male voters over the course of time.  This will pursue woman to vote and not only vote, but also vote for Barack Obama.  Michelle Obama is a strong political figure that appears as an active first lady engages in politics.  Her being the head of this group shows how much of a powerful woman she is.  This makes women across the nation want power, the power to vote for who will be their leader.

Barack Obama is taking initiatives to ensure a smooth campaign this upcoming year.   He has taken action for the Latin vote and now the female vote.  Slowly but surely he is going to attempt every vote.  President Barack Obama as the leader of the Nation is still in the lead.