The Pending Revenge Of Bitter Clinton Supporters
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One month after the Democratic Presidential nomination basically got decided and settled, former Clinton supporters continue to be unwilling to migrate in significant numbers back to the Obama camp:
One week after Sen. Hillary Clinton made a public show of unity with Sen. Barack Obama, a new survey suggests supporters of the New York senator are increasingly less likely to follow her lead.
A growing number of Clinton supporters polled say they may stay home in November instead of casting their ballot for Obama, an indication the party has yet to coalesce around the Illinois senator four weeks after the most prolonged and at times divisive primary race in modern American history came to a close.
According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Friday, the number of Clinton supporters who plan to defect to Republican Sen. John McCain's camp is down from one month ago, but -- in what could be an ominous sign for Obama as he seeks to unify the party -- the number of them who say they plan to vote for Obama is also down, and a growing number say they may not vote at all.
In a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey completed in early June before the New York senator ended her White House bid, 60 percent of Clinton backers polled said they planned on voting for Obama. In the latest poll, that number has dropped to 54 percent.
In early June, 22 percent of Clinton supporters polled said they would not vote at all if Obama were the party's nominee, now close to a third say they will stay home.
In another sign the wounds of the heated primary race have yet to heal, 43 percent of registered Democrats polled still say they would prefer Clinton to be the party's presidential nominee.
As I have continually written regarding this subject, I expect that eventually, the number of former Clinton supporters backing Obama will go up. But it may not go up all that much and if it does not, the apathy of former Clinton supporters may work to make all the difference in what is increasingly shaping up to be a closer election than many pundits have expected.
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a man who is a extreme radical, a liar, a sexist pig, a man who can't even keep his words straigth for 2 days.
Well, offhand, enough people to elect Bill twice.
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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.
something like, if character didn't count in the 1996 election, "I will be surprised!"
The fact that he hasn't revealed (May not have) a real position has to stick.
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
Whatever happens with the Clinton supporters, it stil will fall upon John McCain who will have to get out and win this election. He can't complain he doesn't have opportuntiy, he's been given several huge openings just this week - oil exploration, non-stop Obama-flips, and the recent Supreme Court rulings, and it's not resonating with me that he's taking advantage. Every other sound byte is John in his bus, holding a cup of coffee, mumbling some response you can barely hear above the noise. Hillary's supporters and Obama's move to the center on Iraq leave him extremely vulnerable and McCain's campaign has plenty of 'guidance' on what they need to do,between now and November, to take advantage. I suggest the Senator take heed and get cracking; he's yet to demonstrate that he's got the campaign organization and compentence to get this done.
There are many ex Hillary Clinton supporters, many. I am one who was so disgusted by the DNC and the Obama debacle of stealing hillary's votes that I drove 20 miles and changed my affiliation. I am no longer a Democrat, and I will not conform or change my mind. I am voting for McCain. There is many like me who are doing or have done the same. Who would vote for a man who is a extreme radical, a liar, a sexist pig, a man who can't even keep his words straigth for 2 days. That party has become a shame, disgusting communist party. McCain in 08 and may God spare us all.