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| Democrat fratricide: Obama & Clinton fans vow to defect if the other one gets the nomination |
| 2008-03-21 |
Jake Tapper, ABC In the new Franklin & Marshall College Poll . . . only 53% of Clinton voters say they'll vote for Obama should he become the nominee. Nineteen percent say they'll go for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and 13% say they won't vote. Sixty percent of Obama voters say they'll go for Clinton should she win the nomination, with 20% opting for McCain, and three percent saying they won't vote.Grim. Or encouraging, depending on your perspective. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #19 Promises, promises... |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2008-03-21 23:27 |
| #18 LOL - not "troll", but "delusional" - clarifying moment |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-21 22:36 |
| #17 The only way to stop the bleeding would be for both candidates to appear "together" and declare to choose the other as VP for the convention! This would also minimize or stop the 'barbs' that are being hurled about lately! |
| Posted by: smn 2008-03-21 21:49 |
| #16 Richardson has been for sale to highest bidder for a while. He missed the boat before the NM primary, but hopes to parlay the delegate watch into a cushy job in a future Donk admin. No matter that he carries no weight (even in getting Monica a job to placate Bill Rodham/Vernon Jordan), but he's been whoring longer than Edwards.... these mooks are gonna find only the Superdelegates matter and they pissed away any influence they had. Pity.../not |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-21 20:01 |
| #15 FOX > KRAUTHAMMER - SUPERDELEGATE and Hispanic NM Governor RICHARDSON's suppor of Obama is likely meant to offset the very serious damage to Obama's campaign wrought by the Pastor Wright controversy, damage which Krauthamer believes was hardly relieved by Obama's speech. Richardson's support as a SUPERDELEGATE is intended to convince Amer's minority voters that Obama + campaign are okay despite "Wright" and will still win the Dem POTUS nomination, i.e. OBAMA IS STILL "THE MAN/HOPE FOR CHANGE IN AMERICA", etc. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-21 19:56 |
| #14 Its NOT good for BARACK when even JUAN COLE criticizes him for NOT CLARIFYING HIS POSITION ON WRIGHT - Barack, however, remains ahead of Hillary by over 100-plus delegates. ALso on FOX this AM > POLITICO.com - EVEN IFF SHE WINS MOST OR ALL THE REMAINING PRIMARIES, HILLARY CAN'T WIN THE DEM POTUS NOMINATION UNLESS DEM SUPER-DELEGATES TURN AGZ OBAMA??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-03-21 19:48 |
| #13 Nah, I'm here, Querent - just had to go out to see a friend for a while. ;-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-03-21 19:43 |
| #12 I don't like McCain all that much except on foreign policy and supported Fred during the primary. However, I'll make damn sure I vote to help keep either Mrs. Ican'tkeepmydickinmypants or Mr. Iamnotracistsofuckyouwhitey out of the white house. If Romney or other true conservatives had won, I suspect the dhimocrat base would feel the same as I do about their candidate. However, with the rage and anger going on between the dhimocrat candidates now, and the fact that McCain is liberal light on domestic issues, I can see a lot of dhimocrats coming over to the republican side or just staying home come November. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-03-21 18:47 |
| #11 Karl Rove's plan is working as planned. Just your ordinary everyday garden variety typical white guy :)) God Bless Him! |
| Posted by: ClemScheck 2008-03-21 18:28 |
| #10 ah, there's the popcorn wagon. i thought Barbara had left early for Easter Vacation for awhile there... |
| Posted by: Querent 2008-03-21 17:53 |
| #9 I don't know TW...this thing is getting really messy. If HRC gets the nomination by appt., I'm betting around 80% of the dem African American vote sits this one out. Now, how much of that was ever a voting block, I'm not sure. But the lingering bitterness would be a major factor affecting dem identity politics. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2008-03-21 17:13 |
| #8 Karl Rove's plan is working as planned. |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2008-03-21 16:16 |
| #7 Some of the impassioned on the Republican side said similar things when Fred Thompson fell out of the race, and Rudy Giuliani... and Ron Paul. (Has Mr. Paul formally ceded the candidacy yet? I've lost track.) I doubt we'll see all that much follow-through in November. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-21 13:49 |
| #6 The poll didn't say how many Democrats have already decided they're not going to vote for either Clinton or Obama and MAY just vote for McCain. My 'dyed in the wool', Democrat neighbor falls in that category. Obama is "too inexperienced" (haven't talked to her since the Rev Wright flap)and she doesn't want Bill back roaming the Whitw House halls and poking into things he shouldn't. (double entendre alert) |
| Posted by: GK 2008-03-21 13:45 |
| #5 I fail to see the downside of having 50% of Democrats not vote (Whichever way it goes) looks like a self-inflicted wound to me, and a sure Repub win. They're really that stupid? (Never mind, rhetorical question.) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-03-21 13:29 |
| #4 So they validate they're the party of diversity. Now, explain to me if they can't unify their party, how they can unify the nation? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-03-21 13:27 |
#3  |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-03-21 13:18 |
| #2 100% will blame Bush... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-21 13:11 |
| #1 I ain't voting for the atypical race hustler. |
| Posted by: TypicalWhiteGuy 2008-03-21 13:07 |