国际英语新闻：Media: Obama faces challenges in general election

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Xinhua) -- As U.S. Senator Barack Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, U.S. media organizations Wednesday look seriously at some of the challenges he is likely to face in the general election.

    The Washington Post said the primary "revealed a racial schism within the Democratic Party, and potential resistance to a black candidate in some parts of the country that will play out in the general-election campaign."

    In an analysis article, the Los Angeles Times examines Obama's need to woo "the white working class, Latinos, and independent and moderate Democratic women frustrated that their dream of historic achievement was derailed by the dreams of others," and asks if Obama can "sell his vision of hope and change to the political middle?"

    On the CBS Evening News, Jeff Greenfield said of Obama's win, "This is hardly a triumphant march. He's lost most of the primaries starting on March 4th. In fact, no nominee of either major party since the dawn of the primaries will have lost as many big states as Obama has."

US Democratic presidential candidate Obama speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, US, June 4, 2008

    The Wall Street Journal reported that some "worrying signs" for Obama came out of in Tuesday's final pair of primaries, as Obama "showed weaknesses in South Dakota in particular that rival Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign has warned could haunt him in November."

    Early exit polls show "voters Tuesday appeared to have strong concerns about his two decades of membership in Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago."