as a very large fraction of the pro-Hillary frustrated Democrat women
crossover in each of the 50 --not 57 Obama-- states.
Posted on 08/25/2008 4:41:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
DENVER — As Democrats try to mollify disappointed supporters of Hillary Clinton, Republicans pushed the theme Monday that Democrats are divided and open to voting for John McCain.
To try to cement the point, the Republican National Committee’s Denver ‘‘war room’’ presented a trio of Clinton supporters and a former Democratic congressman, each of whom is supporting McCain.
‘‘He is a true statesman who will always put the country first,’’ said Tim Penney a former Democratic congressman from Minnesota, now an independent. ‘‘With Obama, we have words; with McCain, we have deeds. With Obama, we have rhetoric; with McCain, we have a record.’’
The event — the first of daily GOP news conferences aimed at injecting the McCain campaign into the media’s convention narrative — featured Debra Bartoshevich, a Clinton delegate from Wisconsin who was stripped of her status as a delegate after announcing she would vote for McCain in November.
‘‘During the primary, I was a huge supporter of Hillary Clinton,’’ Bartoshevich told reporters. ‘‘Sen. Obama is not ready to lead this nation.’’
Bartoshevich said she’s talked to other Clinton delegates who will support McCain in the fall but who are not ready to go public in order to avoid being stripped of their delegate status as well.
More strident was Cynthia Ruccia, a longtime Democratic activist, hard-core Clinton supporter from Ohio. Her attraction to McCain seemed to have more to do with being angry at the Obama campaign’s treatment of Clinton than much agreement with McCain on the issues.
‘‘I am totally disgusted with the Democratic Party,’’ Ruccia said. ‘‘They were willing to throw women completely under the bus. ... I just couldn’t believe the treatment that Hillary Clinton got.’’
The message was reinforced by media reports of continuing tensions between the Obama and Clinton camps.
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I think she’s finally resigned to the fact that her only real hope is for Obama to lose the election, which would explain her lackluster (and very limited) stumping for him.
You don’t see old Bill talking him up, either.
Three is good. Three million would be better.
Naw, really?
I say bring her on in 2012. She is also up for re-election in the Senate then. Its my understanding that NY State does not allow a candidate to run in both. We can get her out of politics for good then .. !
Yep, I’m sure the Clintons target date is now 2012.
They hope Obama loses so that the Democrat nomination is open again in 2012. They think that Hillary will be the front runner in 2012 if Obama and Biden go down to defeat.
Will the Clintons be the 2012 front runners? They thought they were unbeatable this time around. Certainly nobody is going to think that Hillary is inevitable again will they?
Here’s several million (minimum)
Hillary Clinton Supporters For John McCain:
Party Unity My A$$ PAC/People United Means Action PAC:
Democrats Against Obama/Nobama ever!
http://democrats-against-obama.org
Just Say No Deal:
Take a look around these sites for a half hour or 45 minutes....(there are hundreds more linked to these, just look for links)
Just how lucky do you think we can get? lol.
I like your optimism, though.
We may well get over three million. These people deserve our respect for putting their country above their party—they will lose friends, and wonder if they did the right thing. We need to assure them that they did.
Inevitablility won’t even be a theme in 2012. It would just be a knock-down drag out fight.
Hillary won’t make the same mistake twice by underestimating Obama, and Obama will be able to say that he now has experience.
It would be a helluva match-up. Might wind up being the dirtiest campaign ever!
Ed Rendell was quoted over the weekend saying that Hillary wants to run for POTUS and it amazed me that he would say it right now with the DNC about to begin — not that I doubt that Hillary and her supporters want that, but the only likely slot for her to run again is in 2012 and that means Rendell is suggesting that he and Shrillary expect Obambi to lose. I’m not surprised they Clintonistas are plotting for 2012, just a bit surprised that a former Chairman of the party (Rendell) would be so crass as to say it just before Obambi’s convention.
What effect do you suppose todays vote to allow all of MI & Fl votes to count have on Hillary’s standing in the floor vote?
Bless their hearts!!
I’m not surprised that a democrat would be that crass.
I’m more surprised that you are surprised. I envy you. I want to go back to a time when this would shock me. Really, I would.
McCain Palin = Calm In Panic
McCain Romney = Manic Omen Cry
Coincidence? You decide.
Eunuchs against Unity.
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