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Some Clinton Supporters Still Not Sold On Obama

July 4th, 2008
By PATRICK EDABURN

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According to a new CNN poll, some Clinton supporters are still not backing Senator Obama. Although the number who plan to defect to John McCain has dropped, some are still planning to remain at home on Election Day.

One month ago 60% of Clinton voters planned to back Obama in November, now it is down to 54%. The number of Democrats who want Clinton as the nominee has risen from 35% to 43%.

I do think that these numbers will shift as November approaches, but it does look like Obama will not be able to satisfy all of the Clinton crowd. This probably will not prevent his election but it will likely prevent the proposed landslide.



This entry was posted on Friday, July 4th, 2008 at 8:40 pm and is filed under Democratic Party, Newsweek Blogitics, John McCain, Barack Obama, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Elections. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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    It strikes me that the drop in the number of McCain Democrats is more important than the number of stay-at-home Clinton voters. Clinton voters who go for McCain are a double loss for Obama. Clinton voters who stay home can be replaced by new voters.

    Also, if only 10% of Clinton voters vote for McCain, that means roughly 5% of Democrats will vote for McCain. That would be a TINY defection rate and would result in a landslide.
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    It's my understanding that not all Republicans are strongly in favor of John McCain.
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    Wasn't it just a month ago that he secured the nomination? It seems every week we are given a new poll showing his decrease or increase in these polls. It's still early and given all the MSM attention Clinton supporters have gotten, I'm sure a lot of them are still voicing their support for their candidate. If women who truly consider themselves feminist vote for McCain, what does that say? Revenge is the best medicine? Take a look what will be left in their wake if McCain wins. Everything the feminist movement has won (and it's not much) will be taken away. Roe v. Wade is just the tip of the iceberg. I prefer to think of Clinton supporters as an intelligent group of people (with the exception of a few people) and will carefully consider their vote. Besides, I am a conspiracy theorist and I'm beginning to think some of these nutjobs that show up at rallies and stick toilet paper in their ears and various other antics are really Republican plants because they know that the media is going to latch on to the craziest one in the lot. It's like Let's Make a Deal on the campaign circuit. You get your 15 minutes of fame, a quick shot on Fox and Larry King, and then you're done. I also with you George Sorwell - I know some Republicans who are going to vote for Obama so maybe it will even out. Who knows? This early in the game, polls are a crap shoot. Just my opinion.
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    Yes, Clinton supporters are intelligent. That's why we oppose Obama. We are smart enough to know how dire the circumstances are and that the person we hire should be qualified.

    Obama has not secured the nomination. That vote will be held in August. Furthermore my people tell me that once-faithful superdelegates are now taking a second look at Hillary Clinton. They know she will unite. They're upset about people like right-wing Governor Ritter playing wolf-in-sheeps-clothing to preside over the convention. They're suspicious of where all of Obama's money actually came from given how the media made him their golden boy over Clinton.

    In other words, people are starting to think and know that it is fully permissable to switch their allegiance for the formal vote in August.

    It ain't over 'till it's over. And even then there will be a Write-In Hillary campaign at the very least. We won't be sitting at home, we'll be in the booths writing "Senator Hillary Clinton" in November, if she isn't already printed as an option to check.

    I'm done with Obama for good reasons. Anyone with a brain who can do the rudimentary math of his divisiveness for our party and, conversely, Clinton's uniting powers, will make the sane decision and turn their backs on the GOP moles like Ritter's influence.
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    Silhouette,
    You are delusional. Your candidate had all the advantages she needed and she blew it. Blame it on Mark Penn if you must. But Hillary Clinton did not take the nomination fight seriously until it was too late.

    "Your people" are little creatures in your head.

    Governor Ritter is the Democratic Governor of Colorado. I disagree with him on many things too. But as the Governor of the state hosting the convention, shouldn't he preside? As if Hillary would deny him that?

    For people like you, Obama is "divisive" only because he prevented the "Inevitable One" from achieving her nomination.
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    If these delusional Clinton die hards want to vote for Mccain or stay home that's up ot them. But when they actively denigrate Obama, they are actively supporting McCain's war and anti-choice policies.
    When McCain gets us into a third war with Iran or appoints the next conservative activist to the SC, the Dem. Party and the nation will know who's responsible for helping to make that happen. Hillary will not be a popular person then, and her chances for a great career will be diminished.
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    Interesting debate so far folks.

    I am curious to know why you can only be 'intelligent' if you support Obama or are pro-choice.

    Or why we cannot have diversity in both parties. Ritter as a right winger ? Who is mainstream or liberal under those conditions ? Ralph Nader as mainstream ?
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    "why you can only be 'intelligent' if you support Obama or are pro-choice"
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    The argument goes like this:
    1.-Hillary is pro-choice.
    2.-If you supported Hillary and her pro-choice policies, then it's not intelligent to help someone be elected, just for spite, who opposes Hillary's pro-choice stand.
    It's not intelligent to vote against your own interests.

    The same is true regarding other policies, where Hillary and Obama are very close, while McCain stands for something quite different.

    If someone just prefers McCain's policies, that's another matter. I wonder, though, why they would have supported Hillary in the first place if they prefer McCain's policies.
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    Runasim - exactly.
 
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