Ed, > There is a large, vocal movement by disgruntled Clinton > supporters to undermine the Obama candidacy. Something had > to have been done in some sort of official capacity to > result in such an unprecedented revolt.
This is not a "revolt". The voters never were interested in Obama in the first place, and they're not voting for president based on whether there is a "D" by their name. The movement is vocal but not large. However, many of the voters for Clinton were independents and Republicans that aren't necessarily going to vote for Obama, because they see his candidacy as being very different from Clinton's campaign. Obama and Clinton are two different people. While their stated policies are not very different, they are personally very different from each other. Obama talks about change as an outsider coming in to clean up the joint. Clinton talked about change based on knowing how the system works and being able to work it. Those two approaches are very different, and I for one believe Clinton had a better chance to make the changes she talked about. > I'm not forgetting anything. They're forgetting that > you only get a choice between two candidates in this > supposed democracy. This time it's Obama or McCain, and > these people are suggesting that McCain is more in step > with their views than Obama. Again, the group about which you speak is not the group you think they are. They are not a group of feminists wanting to promote feminist ideas, and wanting to spoil the campaign because their female candidate did not win. Rather, they are women that do not necessarily self-identify as feminists, but who were encouraged by Hillary as a candidate. They also know from their own personal experience that the odds of an outsider being able to swoop in and make sweeping changes without much of a personal track record in national politics are remote. The group that Obama will have the most trouble with is the experienced, practical person (female OR male) that wanted to see the first woman president, and can't see why yet another supremely qualified woman is being passed over by a younger and less experienced man. Kristyne _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
