Oprah's influence

As elections draw closer, and the primary's wind down. Things start to take shape, and people start to back their candidates with more veracity, passion and contributions. This marks the first time in history that Oprah Winfrey is backing a candidate in one of the most extreme primaries to date. The Democratic party is in chance dealing with a split in vote with the emergence of Hillary and and Barack. The fact that backing Barack does not only represent a huge step for Oprah, as she has never placed her weight behind any candidate, but it shows how much faith she places in a candidate who has no prior experience with running for a position of this magnitude.
The influence of Oprah, is often overlooked as she has a show which constantly ranks in the top 30 every year, magazines and countless other methods to get her thoughts and words out. This emergence of backing a candidate not only speaks volumes to the masses of people which view her has a symbol of American hope in terms of climbing out of poverty and establishing themselves. But as an iconic figure which is bolding stating that she has faith in a candidate for the first time in the public's eye. This faith is not only being placed in a candidate which has no prior experience other then serving in senate for two terms. Of course Oprah's view is stated clearly in this quote:

"The amount of time you spend in Washington means nothing unless you are accountable for the judgment you made," Winfrey said. She said from the beginning Obama "stood with clarity and conviction against this war in Iraq."

She clearly understands what is at stake in this election, and what type of candidate she wanted to back for the first time. But one question is left unanswered, what type of president can we expect from Obama regradless of the fact of him not backing the war. Is he able to make tough decisions? I for one think he is due to fact that i have read his book and understand his stance on the unity of this country:

"The pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I've got news for them too. We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and yes, we got some gay friends in the Red States. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq and patriots who supported the war in Iraq. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America."

His mentality is to unity the country and bring everyone into fighting for a cause which will help all americans