"There is nothing new about poverty. What is new, however, is that we now have the resources to get rid of it."--Martin Luther King Jr.
To me, this quote suggests that if Martin Luther King, Jr. were still alive today he would advise Barack Obama to eradicate poverty. King would advise Obama to create jobs to help the poor, much like FDR did during the Great Depression. King would also advise Obama to try to get Obama's health care bill passed, as this bill would aid those who have trouble affording the payments they must make for their medical care and would aid those who have no health care. Due to the recent recession, many people have experienced job loss and pay cuts. King would be supportive of efforts to help said people.
"The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers."--Martin Luther King, Jr.
To me, this quote suggests that King would advise Obama to work on uniting the citizens of the US, and to work on passing laws, with the goal of equality for all people.
"I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good."--Martin Luther King, Jr.
I believe that King would advise Obama to avoid letting Obama's power as president corrupt him. King seems to believe that it is important to do that which is right, not necessarily that which is popular.