1.0 link 108011 <![CDATA[Obama's Challenges]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-burnett/obamas-challenges_b_108011.html Now that Barack Obama has finally secured the Democratic nomination for President, it's time for a candid assessment of his chances. To defeat John McCain in November Obama must respond to three challenges.

The first is the legacy of sexism. Recent polls indicate Obama trails McCain by 6 percentage points among white suburban women. Some of these disaffected females don't feel comfortable with a black man being President, but many are wounded supporters of Hillary Clinton.

As the Clinton...

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