WASHINGTON - Barack Obama is running well among high-earning, well-educated Democrats in the race for his party's 2008 presidential nomination. But unless he can broaden his appeal, he risks mimicking past flameouts by Gary Hart, Paul Tsongas and Bill Bradley.
Those three highbrow Democrats found support from the party's upper-echelon voters and, like Obama, created a lot of early buzz. In the end, all lost the presidential nomination to rivals with wider followings.
A recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll showed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York leading Obama by 33 percent to 21 percent among Democrats and those leaning toward the party, with other candidates dividing …
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