Posted on 03/26/2008 1:35:32 PM PDT by Jaycal33
PRINCETON, NJ -- A sizable proportion of Democrats would vote for John McCain next November if he is matched against the candidate they do not support for the Democratic nomination. This is particularly true for Hillary Clinton supporters, more than a quarter of whom currently say they would vote for McCain if Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee.
(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com ...
This will only encourage McCain to head leftward
Maybe Rush needs to radically retool Operation Chaos.If he continues on the pro-Hillary strategy,he will get exactly what he SAYS he doesn’t want,the Clintons back in power for the next eight years.
Democrats: Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton
Republicans: John McCain/Condi Rice
Just curious...
My main problem with a McCain victory arising from Hillary Democrats voting for him to oppose Obama is that McCain will take this as both a sign and a validation that his collaboration with the political enemy and his constant betrayal of conservatives and fellow Republicans was not only right but justifiable. Given that premise and McCain’s pronounced proclivity to betray and undercut his own, I’m not sure a McCain Presidency will be better than having an extremist left-wing nutcase win and throw the political equation into turmoil, filling conservatives, libertarians, and non-leftist independents with a burning resolve to counter this plunge into the far left abyss with a bonafide conservative Congress and Senate. Only if McCain demonstrated some modicum of assurance to conservatives that he would finally and for once seriously consider them in his political ideology would I be willing to fully get behind his candidacy as a means of reversing the suicidally disasterous course of kook fringe liberalism much of which he seems all too willing to embrace. To date, McCain has done nothing to assure conservatives that he will address their’s and the Republican base’s worries and concerns.
Definitely going to be some like that - even a 5 percent share lost could be bad for Johnny Mac.
I honestly think McCain will win, as he has good cross-over appeal that nether Obama or Hillary have (note - this result does not thrill me). My fear is that conservatives who opt to not vote for McCain might not show up to vote for anyone; that gives us a McCain presidency with a strongly Dem Congress for him to 'collaborate with'.
Even if you can't force yourself to vote for McCain, remember to vote for a better Congress than that pack of jackals we have now!
Who is the Republican?
Somewhere between 5-10%. Probably 2 to 3 times that in Freeperland.
“This is what the dems say now, but it won’t come to pass. It’s much like conservatives that swear they won’t vote for McCain, but will hold their nose and vote for him anyway.”
But it’s important that - RIGHT NOW - the dem bigwigs and the superdelegates get this message: that [right now] Obama is looking worse and worse for the general election. And, conversely, Hillary looks to be the only “electable alternative”.
We keep seeing claims that Hillary cannot overtake Obama in either [primary-] elected delegates nor in the popular vote. Yet we also see consistent and reliable reports of Obama’s sinking popularity among the general electorate.
This can do nothing but bolster the Clinton Camp’s resolve to keep fighting on towards the democratic convention in Denver. No dropping out for them.
Keep the pot boiling right until the convention opens. Then let things EXPLODE on the floor, right in front of the tv cameras. Rioting moonbats on the streets won’t help their cause, either.
The “whole world will be watching”.
That’s good.
For US.
- John
“Given that premise and McCain’s pronounced proclivity to betray and undercut his own, I’m not sure a McCain Presidency will be better than having an extremist left-wing nutcase win”
Nonsense.
I don’t care for Mr. McCain any more than you do. But I daresay (and mark my words) that a four-year McCain presidency may actually end up being more “conservative” than has been the full eight years of G.W. Bush (and I voted for him both times).
I do not care to think about the next four to eight years under either Clinton or Obama (if we lasted that long with the latter)!
- John
this is not a surprise.
Al Gore has a better chance of being POTUS than Obama.
I’ll be at the polls, but I’m not voting for either the Republican or the Democrat nominee. I’m waiting to see who the Constitution Party offers. I may just leave the Prez slot blank. I have no interest in a McCain GOP.
What will matter is where the weaknesses lie. McCain is weak in traditionally Republican states and strong in blue states. He will likely lose in some red states. It is just going to happen. Especially if Obama is the Dem nominee because he has been strong in the south. The question is, can McCain make up for that by winning enough blue? It is possible, but anyone who thinks this is going to be a normal year is crazy. There is no predicting the outcome. For a brief while it was predicable that the Dems would win, but their divisions are growing deeper so....who knows? All I know is, we are in trouble no matter who wins. All bad!!!! I want no part in helping any of these three stooges.
“This news brought to you courtesy of the Clinton campaign?”
Actually, it is from Gallup, which probably is the best polling service out there.
Don’t ever underestimate the Reagan Democrats, they can and will rise again. This doesn’t mean Reagan Dem’s are racist just because they see thru this load of bunk that Obama is peddling.
This is what the dems say now, but it won’t come to pass. It’s much like conservatives that swear they won’t vote for McCain, but will hold their nose and vote for him anyway.
You have a point there. But if the Dem nomination battle continues till the convention, there will be less time for them to forget and forgive the other candidate.
We don't even have the nominees yet.
I agree with you 100%. McCain is not my first choice by a long shot, but the thought of either of the two Rat candidates POTUS should be enough to scare anyone to death. I don’t see how this country will be recognizable in 4, or God forbid, 8 years, with a Rat President and congress and some new ACLU Supreme court justices thrown in.
“and we will be lucky (I think) to hold onto the executive branch.”
Who is “we” and who is the candidate who will “hold onto the executive branch” for “we”?
In case you haven’t noticed, all three candidates are socialists.
But how about us Pub’s? We do not get a whole lot better with McCain. His speech today at some World conference was just an outright surrender to the world.
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