Newsmaker Roundtable: 11/13/08
The Obama Coalition

Obama won the presidency with the support of a coalition of a diversity of groups that have placed high hopes on his administration. What are the expectations and challenges that Obama will have to face to maintain their backing? What are the issues that this variety of supporters will expect his government to focus on? How long are these groups willing to wait for
Obama to address their concerns? Might social issues shred
Obama's coalition once the economic crisis fades?