Posted on 04/02/2008 7:49:48 AM PDT by obamahorror
Talked to a friend that calculated his family personal expenses a few weeks ago. +13.5% in the last year — mainly food and gas. It’s not so hidden inflation anymore.
You have a point. But on the other hand, the coaltion of the loser party is much much more fragile than GOP. The loser party consists of a variety of interest group, ethnic minority groups such as labour, women, blacks, hispanics, Asians... There’s far deeper conflict among those groups than the groups within GOP. Hispanic and Asian Americans simply do not like black candidates, and they will not vote for Obama, period.
Don’t forget in the past, Reagan democrats abandoned the loser party in droves.
Every military veteran in the U.S. and their families and friends will vote for McCain and that’s a lot of votes.
It always has. But it's a coalition of segments united in their rabid hatred of the GOP. So if Obama is nominated I can still see them uniting behind him more than I can see them flocking to McCain. If Clinton snags the nomination, however, all bets are off. I can see blacks avoiding the polls in droves.
Or maybe it just goes to show that McCain is just a damned democrat.
No, we won't. A lot of us are going to go third party for the Presidential election and try to hold the line with a GOP legislature. The Presidency is most likely lost this time around.
Keep talkin’ trash, “Rev” Wright!
my mother in law who has voted for over 50 years as a dem said she will neevr vote for Obama because of his racist remarks, she lives and comes form Massachusetts and it seems many others up there will not vote for him either
my mother in law is the same, many of her neighbours and friends are doing the same, all from Massachusetts
No way is Obama the stronger candidate, the swing states and I am in one Florida will never go for Obama
My liberal Dem son will not vote for Barak. His preferences, in order:
1. Hillary (because she’s tough)
2. McCain (because he’s tough though a Repub)
3. Barak (because he’s unknown, scary, and a wus)
I think a lot of Dems are thinking this way.
The third possibility is that people are vastly overestimating Rush’s influence, considering how the Republican nomination turned out even WITH independents voting for Obama instead.
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