One of the Chicago baseball teams has a mascot called Ronnie Roo, who has given his endorsement to Barack Obama. A couple of days ago he arrived at volunteer HQ in the Ogilvie area, being filmed by a local TV company, chanting "Obama Woo". From a British perspective it was an unusual siight.
But Barack Obama does attract a variety of people and one of his strengths is the sheer grassroots support compared to Hillary Clinton's seasoned media attack style.
But that may not be enough in itself to help Obama at the Convention later this year, but it is an advantage. The last primaries gave Hillary Clinton the edge, particually in the crucial primary of Ohio, but she did not get the significant double digit no's needed ahead of Senator Obama in order to make an impression on the delegates. The superdelegates may know their own minds and know how they want to vote, but if there is a significant groundswell of grassroots for Obama in the US at the moment. If he can keep ahead, and/or keep snapping at Hillary Clinton's feet, if he can keep positive and keep focused, whilst pointing out where Hillary Clinton is making sweeping generalisations of her own success, and garner enough support on the caucuses, then we may likely see an Obama/McCain battle this autumn