I believe some HRC supporters are not voting for Obama because of love for what is good (in their opinion) not because of anger. They believe they are doing so because it is right. Women don't always overwhelmingly vote Democratic. During the last election Kerry had a 2% lead over Bush in the women's vote. Think about that a long time. Based on his record Bush was much more pro-life than McCain and Kerry. Bush is a Republican. Kerry and his supporters did not attack women with sexism frequently. Yet despite all that Kerry was only able to get 2% more women votes than Bush. Will Obama even get that 2% considering he benefited enormously by sexism and is going up against a more moderate candidate than Bush? History teaches us that women do not always vote Democratic in large numbers and that they are willing to vote for a pro-life candidate in huge numbers. That is just the way women are. The media would do well to report about this and the complex reasons that women choose to vote for a candidate.

"The Kerry campaign's conviction that the women's vote would hold fast to the Democratic party surely contributed to his defeat." Lesson: Democrats should not take women's votes for granted.

http://www.now.org/issues/election/elections2004/041112womensvote.html

I have read hundreds of posts by people who have legitimate concerns about Obama but foremost have legitimate reasons to prefer Hillary Clinton. It's standard practice for voters to cross over to the other side during elections. Check history and you will find what I say is true. So of course there will be some HRC supporters who stay home or vote for McCain in November.

Also, Clinton has not lost. The convention is in August. Furthermore, Obama has greatly benefited from DNC and media treating him much better than Clinton so many Clinton supporters do not feel he won fairly and there is massive amounts of documentation that prove that the media and DNC did treat Clinton much worse. How many less votes would Obama have gotten if the Wright story had been on the news 24 hours a day the week before super Tuesday?

Plus, I have read hundreds of blog posts about Obama supporters abusing Hillary Clinton supporters. This is unusual. Many times I've read people say they have been a Democrat all their lives and when their favored candidate lost they easily voted for the nominee, but there has been so much abuse hurled at HRC's supporters from the Obama supporters that this year a lot of lifelong Democrats say they will be voting for McCain or staying home. I think that the media should not underestimate the power of emotions and how they affect voters. People vote with their heart, not just their mind. The following is one example of the dozens of blog posts I have documented of abuse of HRC supporters:

"Yes, I am afraid. I have been from the beginning when the bullying started and the threats. I know one delegate from Texas who had her life threatened. I saw a girl told this team leader of Obama's would "rape" her and he went into gruesome detail...uh....since then....yes, it's not like this is a normal and respectful process this time."

There is almost a zero chance that 4 years of a McCain presidency will affect Roe vs. Wade. There have been many Republican presidents since Roe vs. Wade and none have made more than a dent in the legislation. Prime example: George W. Bush is very anti-choice and he led the most anti-choice government in 1999 (in Texas) yet many women voted for him during two elections and he did not overturn Roe vs.Wade. So if Bush did not end Roe vs. Wade in eight years then a moderate Republican like John McCain has almost zero chance of doing so.

I have found an error in the article: the Democratic nominee is selected in August, thus it is incorrect to state that Obama won the nomination. In the past, other candidates have won enough pledged delegates to be certain of being the nominee, but this election year neither Clinton nor Obama have enough pledged delegates to win the nomination, thus they must wait another two months for the superdelegates to vote for them.

Superdelegates can switch their preference whenever they want. Note that Clinton has gotten increasingly stronger during the past months while Obama has suffered major setbacks. Gary Hart had to drop out due to a problem that I assume most people find less bad than many of the problems that have been revealed about Obama. Thus, it is possible that Clinton will be the nominee.