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| Clinton gave a decent speech, and all in all I think the blue team had a pretty good night, much better than first night. It will be interesting to see if the Clinton speech will have any real impact on getting most of her supports on board with Obama? Obama will get the true blue out of her supporters no matter what (worst case some of them will simply stay home on election day). But the rest of the lot are not a shoe in to vote for Obama, or even to bother voting. Like I said the Clinton speech was good, but all the nice talk only goes so far, and so far it has been pretty clear there is still bad blood between the Clinton’s and the Obama’s. Clinton will have to continue to not only talk the talk, but to walk the walk as well. IMHO some of the Clinton supporter are taking their lead from Billy-bob and not Hillary. They view Billy-boy as showing the true feelings the Clintons have for Obama, and if he is not present for the Obama acceptance speech there will be lingering doubts about both Clintons support for da’ man. CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Source: Bill Clinton will not attend Obama’s Invesco speech « - Blogs from CNN.com Quote: | Hillary Clinton will be on hand for Barack Obama's acceptance speech, but according to a source close to former President Bill Clinton, he will not: the source tells CNN that Clinton will not join his wife at Invesco Field Thursday night. | Not only is Billy-bob not hanging around it appears that many Clintonite’s ain’t going to either. Clinton Advisers Skipping Obama Speech | The Trail | washingtonpost.com Quote: |
A number of Sen. Hillary Clinton's top advisers will not be staying in Denver long enough to hear Barack Obama accept the nomination for president, according to sources familiar with their schedules.
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Clinton will deliver her speech Tuesday night. She will hold a private meeting with her top financial supporters Wednesday at noon, and will thank her delegates at an event that afternoon. Former president Bill Clinton will speak that night. Several of Hillary Clinton's supporters are then planning to leave town -- among them, Terry McAuliffe, Clinton's campaign chairman. Another of Clinton's top New York fundraisers, Alan Patricof, did not make the trip to Denver. | A bit on the continuing decent in the blue team: Clinton fans deaf to words of healing | The Australian Quote: Polls show that a significant -- and increasing -- proportion of Senator Clinton's supporters are refusing to back Senator Obama, who, they feel, has shown little respect to either her or those who supported her in the Democratic primaries. By some counts she received 18 million votes in a result that was a virtual tie.
| Quote: The message has not got through to many Clinton delegates. In a city hotel suite, behind a door with two "Hillary for President" banners, a collection of campaign groups is carrying on the battle for the former first lady.
None of these supporters will vote for Senator Obama in November. Seething at what they regard as a stolen primary election and contemptuous of Senator Obama's presidential credentials, their mood has hardened amid reports that he did not consider Senator Clinton as a running mate or even consult her on his choice.
"There's tonnes of people here who are going to vote for John McCain," said Michelle Thomas, a lifelong Democrat and Clinton volunteer. "Some believe the only way to correct the (primary) system is to have Obama lose. | Seems they have some not so nice views of Obama:
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"Lots think he's simply not qualified."
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"I think he played the race card during the primaries. It was a sexist campaign."
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One more linky on the stinky inside the blue teams ranks:
Angry Clinton supporters toast McCain, roast Obama - CNN.com
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The event, sponsored by the Republican National Committee and approved by the McCain campaign, was a chance for McCain and Clinton supporters to come together for one cause: their opposition to Barack Obama's candidacy.
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"I'm a registered Republican...for the first time in my voting life," Archuleta said. "No Obama for me. I'm voting for John McCain."
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"He Reminds me of what the Jimmy Carter era was like. ... If they think Jimmy Cater had it bad, just wait if Obama gets into the White House. That will be bad news in so many ways," she added. | Quote:
Obama's relative lack of experience in national politics -- long seen as his Achilles heel -- was something that Clinton supporters, Republicans and independents attending the happy hour rallied behind.
"His lack of experience has been demonstrated so painfull every time he opens his mouth just about. ... You cannot have good judgement without experience; that's how you get it," said 58-year-old Marnie Delano of New York. | Quote: |
But there is some bad news for Obama. The poll showed that 66 percent of Clinton supporters -- registered Democrats who want Clinton as the nominee -- are now backing Obama. That's down from 75 percent in the end of June. Twenty-seven percent of them now say they'll support McCain, up from 16 percent in late June.
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Seems all is not quite on the leftist front?
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