THE O(PRAH)BAMA CONNECTION - TAKE ONE

This blog entry by Juan Carlos Ochoa

The story: "Oprah lends star power to Obama in Iowa"

The analysis:

This article is discussing how Oprah, when she promotes a book, it turns out to be a best seller. So now the nation is wondering, if she starts promoting Obama for presidency, will he become the next president of the US? As the tickets were being distributed, many people grabbed the tickets, which went fast, where Oprah and Obama were going to be campaigning and many others were waiting outside to see if they could get a glimpse of Oprah. So many where questioning, of the people that showed up to the campaigns, were they there for Obama or for Oprah. The people that showed up had to deal with packed rooms. Also most of the people that attended did not usually participate in politics, but they volunteered for his campaign and took some caucus training just to be able to get some of the 18,000 tickets that they had available.

The reason I chose this article was because it just comes to show how such a big pop culture icon in our society could have so much influence in our nation. This is a good strategy for Obama to try to get votes for his presidency, but more particularly the women’s vote. But I don’t think that in the long run it is going to help him win the white house.

Oprah is a great remodel for women and she is very influential person that many listen to. I would be surprised to see if her campaigning for Obama will help him out. But this is not the only time when a celebrity is used to promote something for a certain cause. In our society having a well known face can become very influential in our society and influence people to fight for a cause or in this case get votes.