Posted on 03/27/2008 7:08:17 AM PDT by seanmerc
Some Democratic Party leaders are growing more concerned that the protracted, caustic fight for the presidential nomination will cripple the eventual nominee, and there are new signs they have reason to worry.
More party leaders are saying that the increasingly personal crossfire between the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama campaigns serves only to write the script for Republican ads in the fall and to give John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, a head start in framing his candidacy.
While the Democrats have been arguing almost daily the past two weeks about each other's electability and integrity, McCain has visited Iraq and other countries in the Middle East and Europe, received the blessing Tuesday of Nancy Reagan, and yesterday delivered a sweeping address on foreign policy.
"There's nothing like a two-way Democrat suicide pact to make it easy for McCain to go off on a grand statesman tour," Mike Murphy, a Republican strategist who once worked for McCain, said yesterday.
A Gallup poll released yesterday indicated that 28 percent of Democrats supporting Clinton said they would vote for McCain over Obama in November, while 19 percent of Obama's backers said they would vote for McCain over Clinton.
Polls suggest that McCain is even or has a narrow lead over both Democrats, and CNN polls also indicate increasing unrest in the Democratic Party. The percentage of Clinton voters who say they would be upset if Obama received the nomination has jumped from 35 percent in January to 51 percent this month, while the percentage of Obama supporters who say they would be upset if Clinton got the nod has risen from 26 percent to 41 percent.
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I LOVE IT!!!
Oh, the best part is that they’re using the PC club on each other.
There is a cancer growing on the candidacy.
Good thing if the RATs self-destruct; now, how do we get the Pubs back on track towards conservatism?
Good.
Split the S.O.B.s up into fractions and let them wipe each other out.
Obama has the most votes.
It is statistically impossible for Hillary to catch up.
The DBM is treating obama as the underdog.
The DBM does not want to be hurt...(physically or otherwise)
You don’t.
You let the GOP become the leftist party, after the dhimmirats collapse,
then you right flank them with another party after the complete demise of the dhims.
If the democrat party is harmed.. some would say that is recovery.. A righting of many wrongs..
“Good thing if the RATs self-destruct; now, how do we get the Pubs back on track towards conservatism?”
start trying to get more Rs elected to the House that will help
Gee, a bit of a tear just trickled down my cheek for the media who are in a state of FEAR over the dimocRATS.
Where were these schmoes when Gore was doing his absolute utmost to undermine the political stability of the United States? Cry me a river.
Unfortunately, McCain’s animosity towards America will make sure the Dems win, regardless of who becomes POTUS.
Chris Dodd was the first, Bill Richardson was the second. They will try to make it obvious to Hillary that the fix is in before Pennsylvania.
With any "normal" candidate, this would be plenty to make them a deal they can't refuse. But this is Hillary, one of the Clintons, the First Woman President.
Obama and the DNC don't know how tenacious Hillary is, and will be. They all have their wooden stakes and garlic out. But now, a quarter of Hillary voters will go for McCain if the Chosen One is selected, and a quarter of Obamaniacs will go for McCain if the Queen uses magick.
Ahh, schadenfraude. See you in Denver for the riots.
Actually, Ted the Swimmer was the first shot over the bow.
Popcorn, more popcorn please.
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