Obama: 67 Days, 6 Vital Tasks

Democrats leave their convention on an emotional high, having anointed a historic candidate whose journey  former president Jimmy Carter called  "almost a miracle," USA Today notes. The paper consults top Democrats for a to-do list for a victory in November.

• Go all-out to reintroduce himself to voters and quash the 'celebrity' tag.
• Boost his foreign policy cred—currently the weakest link in his résumé.

• Use the issues to cement the link between John McCain and George W. Bush.
• Connect with the ordinary working-class voters who flocked to Clinton—in short, learn to bowl.
• Court women voters. He leads by a comfortable margin among women but there is still plenty of wooing of disaffected Clintonistas to be done.
• Keep the voters fired up. Obama's candidacy sparked a blaze of enthusiasm among young and African-American voters, but he must work to keep things on the boil.

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