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Where are Clinton's voters going to go in November? If Obama supporters keep on trashing her, her voters will either stay at home or vote for McCain. The focus now should be on making sure that Clinton supporters vote Democratic in the fall. And that won't happen if she keeps on getting ridiculed and badmouthed by Obama Democrats.
-- found_object
Agreed, and Obama should do all he should to ensure those votes. Assuming you'll get the vote in the end and thus not working to win it is what killed Gore. But it seems the only thing that will make some if not many Clinton supporters happy is if Hillary is the nominee. Since she isn't going to happen, I don't see how there can be much in the way of compromise.
My two cents: I'm torn between not giving a shit and not giving a fuck about what Hillary supporters decide to do in November. It's a free country, and you can vote (or not) for whomever you want. I would hope that when push came to shove, they would vote Dem to do what's best for their country. If they're really Hillary supporters, then they should recognize that Obama and Clinton are pretty close in terms of policy (both are left or right of each other depending on a few issues), which is why this campaign has devolved into bullshit personality issues that have nothing to do with anything. They would then, perhaps indignantly, vote for Obama, because it would be the better move for the country's long-term health.
If they want to vote for McCain, fine, but that means they support what McCain does. Sure, they'll piss and moan whenever he does something they won't like, which will be frequently, but the bottom line is you are what you do. The people who voted for Bush were FOR Bush's policies, period, because they were enablers in allowing him to implement those policies (especially when they had a chance to end it in 2004). The same will be true for McCain supporters, and they'll have to own it, although if they take the lead of their chosen Dem, anything that happens sure as shit won't be their fault.
(Sorry for the profanity. I'm in a bad mood today.)
