Angry Clinton supporters toast McCain, roast Obama

The Hillary we love
The Reaction — ... . What an awesome speech. What a reminder of why Hillary did so well in the primaries, of why she continues to have such ardent supporters (even if the media continue to sensationalize the divisions in the party), and of why so many of us who eventually came to support Obama liked her so much -- and, the bitterness of the campaign now behind us, like her so much still. ...

This Would Represent A Problem For Barack Obama
RedState: Conservative News and Community — It cannot be stressed enough: The last place Kathy Archuleta could have ever imagined she'd spend the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, was at a happy hour sponsored by the Republican Party. But the 54-year-old Democrat joined several other Hillary Clinton supporters, along with volunteers and officials from John McCain's campaign, at a Happy Hour for Hillary. The event, sponsored by the Republican National Committee and approved by the McCain campaign, was a chance for McCain and Clinton ...

This Would Represent A Problem For Barack Obama
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — It cannot be stressed enough : The last place Kathy Archuleta could have ever imagined she'd spend the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, was at a happy hour sponsored by the Republican Party. But the 54-year-old Democrat joined several other Hillary Clinton supporters, along with volunteers and officials from John McCain's campaign, at a Happy Hour for Hillary. 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 ...

On Female Hillary Supporters and Sarah Palin
Open Left - Front Page — ... I've seen the polling that says only 66% of Hillary supporters are supporting Obama, and 27% are backing McCain, and I think that's the biggest reason for this pick. McCain and his advisers obviously see an opening there. Palin brings nothing else to her table, since her age doesn't matter because she has zero qualification in terms of experience. So let me tell you what I think he's attempting with former female Clinton supporters, and the likelihood of pulling it off. ...

Special Report: Voter Defiance in the Missouri Bellwether
The Moderate Voice — ... backing McCain — a phenomenon that has stubbornly refused to die, even on the opening day of the Democratic convention, even after Sen. Clinton’s so-called “unity speech” on the convention’s ...

What the Clinton Appointment Means
Antiwar.com Original — ... division of labor sets the stage, in this scenario, for the Great Concession, as it may deserve to be called. Obama may have won the Democratic nomination, but his victory at the convention and at the polls in November surely did not weld together a united Democratic Party. Indeed, taking the White House just accelerated the ongoing intra-party strife between the Clinton faction and the "new politics" wing led by Obama, because it meant a new struggle over the spoils and much bitterness on the part of the losers. Obama, however, being the consummate politician that he is, ...