Obama launches bid with NC, Nev voices

Barack Obama launched his 2012 reelection bid this morning with the video below. And, with as much attention as Pa received in 2008, we must say we're a tad hurt that he highlights people from other swing states instead.

Here's the take the the WP's Fix on the speakers in the vid:

The first three voices come from three swing states: “Ed”, a white man from North Carolina, “Gladys”, a Hispanic woman from Nevada and “Katherine”, a white woman from Colorado.

The other two – “Mike” and “Alice” – are, respectively, a college-aged white male and a middle-aged African-American woman.

That, in a nutshell, is the Obama electoral coalition (or the one his team hopes to create in 2012): base voters in the Hispanic and black community, energized younger people and the classic swing voter in the new south (North Carolina) and west (Colorado).