Obama supporters vs. Edwards supporters

My father was telling me that the Yale university student group supporting Obama was the most active, and Obama seemed to be the candidate most students liked. I think it is the same thing that I observed in New Hampshire - the well-to-do youngsters get attracted to Obama. Students at an elite university like Yale naturally fall in that category. The message of 'we shall work together' appeals to them. It is a message they find hopeful, and it is very different from Edwards' message point that there are two Americas, with an implication that one is benefitting from the other.

The support for Obama seems similar in some ways to how youngsters from the upper castes in India would like to address the caste system. They find dalits' anger pointless, and feel that that energy should be 'channelized constructively'. They feel there is no point in blaming the upper castes or anyone else, what is past is past, but that we - the upper and the lower castes - should all work together now for a better tomorrow. The anger sometimes bewilders them -they feel they have the best intentions, so why don't the dalits work with them instead of wasting energy being angry?

I think well-to-do youngsters supporting Obama is a something similar phenomenon. His message appears to be conflict-free, a message which says, "we will caste acrimony aside and all work together for a better tomorrow". It appears to be conflict-free, a nice safe way of bringing about change without changing their own lives much. Problem is, real change is not conflict-free. Real change requires the recognition that there are two Americas, and that one is indeed benefitting at the expense of the other. Real change would likely affect the advantages that one America enjoys.