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Matt Lewis: Meet Some Clinton / McCain Voters
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Via Ezra Klein at the American Prospect , browntierney.jpg You have a Hillary shirt and a John McCain button. Karen Brown: She was my first choice. Now I'm going to vote for McCain. Why? KB: I don't like Senator Obama . His choices are all wrong. I feel secure with John McCain ...
Crazy Like a PUMA
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Does irrational Obama hatred drive die-hard Hillary Clinton supporters to vote for John McCain? Here's what one life-long Democratic voter tells Ezra Klein in Denver: ...
DNC news round-up - and other misc. Campaign 2008 links
Sister Toldjah —
I was a bit under the gun earlier today and didn’t have much time to blog about DNC ‘08-related news, but now that I’m home I’ve had some time to catch up a bit, so here goes.
—– DNC Chair Howie Dean kicked things off at 5pm ET.
—– Here’s the schedule of today’s/tonight’s events. If you’re at work and can’t get to a TV, you can watch it on C-SPAN. The big news is Michelle Obama is scheduled to speak later this evening. Here are excerpts from her speech. If my memory serves me ...
Unity Watch
Slublog —
Clinton's supporters are fighting the current roll call vote rules.
"We will not fall in line!"
"There was no way I was going to wait in line with a bunch of kids to get into Invesco Field."
Clinton shirts, McCain buttons.
Clinton supporters harming the unity-fest.
Tensions boil.
The polls still aren't Obama's friend.
(H/t for many links: Hot Air)
My Vote for Best Ad and Other Hillary Dems for McCain
Wizbang —
... from John McCain, but it is very, very effective and my favorite of the campaign thus far. What I will be watching for this week is whether or not Obama can convince the diehard Hillary supporters to go with him. Debra is not the only Hillary supporter now enthusiastically supporting McCain . Here is a quote from one Hillary-turned-McCain supporter in Denver in response to a reporter's question: Did you vote for Kerry in 2004? BT: Yes. I've voted for every Democrat since, well, Nixon when I was 18, but Democrats after that. I'd like to see a McCain-Hillary ticket to tell ...
PUMAs Come To Denver
Daily Kos —
All 60 of them apparently. At a restaurant on the outskirts of Denver Sunday night, some 60 women gathered at a PUMA PAC-sponsored screening of a documentary called "The Audacity of Democracy." In interviews beforehand, many said they would defy Clinton’s calls for party unity. It's hard to claim to represent "10,000" or even "millions", depending on whose press release you stumble upon, when their public gatherings fall so far below expectations. But how embarrassing is it compare the PUMAs to Code Pink and have the Pinksters come off in comparison as "sober, savvy, and fixated on long-term goals?" The ...
