Obama's formula

It would seem that Obama has won the primary. I have long been a Hillary supporter if only for what I saw as more long term hopes and goals for the left, but in doing so I clearly neglected the one thing that I have been very concerned about for the past year, what it takes to be cool.

No one will doubt that Obama is way cooler than Hillary. From his smoking to being young and black Obama has always had that advantage. But he takes it a step further by being a person of the people. Back in 1992 he held a voter registration drive in Chicago in which he registered more than 150000 people! While in a city of millions this might not be too big of a deal, yet here reflects what I see as Obama's way of winning this election. He understands how to flatten a campaign.

The only efficient way to achieve such success with something like that campaign drive is to get everyone involved continually. It is sort of like a pyramid scheme. The only difference is that each person only needs to get two people and they are done in that sort of scam. In this flat campaigning each person works for as long as they can. This way new members to the campaign are accepted as new, but not as lower on the pyramid.

This does something Hillary never could do. It makes everyone gathered together to support Obama feel like they are all part of something equally. This is what my generation wants. We all want to change the world. Obama told us that we can.