[jveritas]

According to a Pew Poll conducted from February 20-24 2008, 20% of white democrats will vote for McCain if Obama is the nominee. So let Obama be the democrat nominee :)

[LdSentinal]

Ir’s probably more than 20%.

[Clintonfatigued]

John McCain ping

[edcoil]

dem’s are racists.

[GVnana]

Yep. Obama is too far left.

[paudio]

The older democrats are the ones who grew up with Democrat leaders against Blacks.

[padre35]

Knowing Mad John, he would tell that 20% not to vote for him if they were merely voting against Che’ Obama...

I’m only half joking.

[dinoparty]

The MSM will use this to try to shame people into voting Obama...you are “racist” if you don’t.

[Always Right]

Blacks probably make up nearly 50% of the Democratic vote.

[I still care]

My thought is there are a lot of middle class traditionalists that vote Democrat simply because they don’t realize the party left them years ago. We all know them. They are in total denial over the secular progressive agenda of the Democrat party. A lot of union midwesterners from places like Michigan, etc.

Obama is going to rub their faces in the fact the todays Democrats have more in common with Germany or Castro than the JFK they remember.

[Rome2000]

The number of "McCain Democrats" will make the Reagan democrats look puny.

Osamabama's best days have come and gone.

He's got no place to go but down and before this is over he will be totally discredited.

[familyop]

That's true. Large numbers of Republican and independent voters will likely swing to vote for Hillary, if Obama isn't nominated. Feminists, along with religious (see '90s "swing vote") and import interests (China, for one) are hoping that Hillary will be nominated. Many are afraid that McCain will be too hawkish about defense (that he'll stop Iran from building nukes and the like).

[The Forgotten Man]

It is the Wilder factor. Most poll respondents who are democrats when asked who they voted for said the black guy, however when in the voting booth, they actually pulled the lever for the other guy....

[edcoil]

Pew is also the company that says every one hates America in the world.

[The_Republican]

Never forget what Ed Rendell said.

Mac he plays his cards right can make Hobama look foolish!

[mware]

Jveritas, I can only speak on the grassroot level, but I have spoken with quite a few life long democrates who said they would never vote for Barak.

[jveritas]

The more I look at the overall picture the more I am convinced that Obama is the easier candidate to beat in the general elections. Obama as the democrat nominee is almost a guarantee that McCain will win the Presidency.

[Republic of Texas]

I hope they do, those wascally wacists!

[Mike Darancette]

If true than Barack [CENSORED} Obama cannot win.

[LegendHasIt]

That’s OK.... 20% of ‘white’ Republicans will vote for Obama if McCain is the Nominee.

It all equals out in the end.

(For the record, even though I can’t support McCain, I sure as heck won’t be voting for the hard-core socialist Obama. But there are a bunch of people who will, out of protest.)

[forkinsocket]

20% is the number of people who actually admitted to it. The real number is higher.