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Monday, August 25, 2008
Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton: Still hating each other like crazy
Obama picks Senator Joe Biden as his running mate, and it looks like former Clinton supporters are unhappy about it.
That's what CNN infers from their recent post-Biden selection poll:
"Sixty-six 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.
“The number of Clinton Democrats who say they would vote for McCain has gone up 11 points since June, enough to account for most although not all of the support McCain has gained in that time,” says Holland.
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"A majority of registered voters, 54 percent, think Obama’s choice of Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate is an excellent or good decision. That number jumps to 73 percent when just asked of registered Democrats. But it drops to 59 percent when narrowed to Clinton supporters.
“It's not that there's anything wrong with the choice of Joe Biden. A majority of those polled rate the Biden selection as excellent or pretty good. Voters think he is qualified to be president, and with the exception of Al Gore in 1992, the public ranks Biden as the most qualified running mate in recent times," says Holland."
Definitely not helping this situation is Hilary Clinton herself, who recently refused to tell her delegates to cast their ballots for Obama. Instead, she said this:
"I will be telling my delegates that I will vote for Barack Obama," she said. "How they vote is a more personal decision. They want to have their chance to vote for me. That is what traditionally happens ... some people are having to make up their minds because there are arguments pulling them both ways."
McCain is dumping fuel on this fire with his latest advert (h/t Hot Air):
And the Republican National Committee is all-too-happy to produce an advert of their own stoking those very same Clinton-vs.-Obama flames:
Meanwhile, Governor Rendell of Pennsylvania thinks Clinton plans on running again.
If that's true, then that might explain Clinton's reticence at fully endorsing Obama, and getting everyone on her side, on the Obama side. Obama winning two terms would make it awfully difficult for Clinton to be the Democratic nominee eight years out.
Posted by P.M. Jaworski on August 25, 2008 in International Politics | Permalink
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Comments
Do you think we could have them engage in some form of real life celebrity deathmatch?
Posted by: Ike | 2008-08-25 12:02:24 PM
Are we sure they aren't actually in Love? ;)
Posted by: JC | 2008-08-25 12:49:13 PM
I can see the headline on one of those conspiracy rags you find at the grocery store "Clinton gives birth to black baby with red star on forehead."
Posted by: Ike | 2008-08-25 1:03:25 PM
"Do you think we could have them engage in some form of real life celebrity deathmatch?"
That would be the perfect scenario but only if we could be sure they would both lose!
Posted by: deepblue | 2008-08-25 1:04:29 PM
You mean something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaPkllQziio&feature=related
Posted by: Zebulon Pike | 2008-08-25 1:32:29 PM
This woman and her hubby are truly a match for one another. Both are spoiled, self-absorbed narcissists. The difference is that Bill is a fairly benign narcissist--a harmless womanizer--whereas Shrillery would rather burn down the White House than see the keys go to someone else. This woman is an intensely destructive presence, and we can be glad that, whoever finally reports to the Oval Office in January, it will not be she.
As two-time senators, neither Clinton nor Obama have enough experience in governance to be entrusted with the leadership of the free world, unlike McCain. Once the afterglow from the Democratic love-ins begins to fade, many Americans will see that more clearly. It remains to be seen whether there will be enough for McCain to win.
Posted by: Shane Matthews | 2008-08-25 2:55:49 PM
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