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It's going to take a miracle to get my vote, but there are some who will be convinced if he actually makes an effort to reach them. Praising Clinton last night was a good start, but it isn't enough to give token respect to an opponent you have been lying about for months.
The problem Jeb, is that you folks never actually come right out and state what it is Obama needs to do to win you back into the fold. Which signals to me that you're not really interested in a show of respect. What you want is to make Obama and his supporters jump through flaming hoops - no thanks.
The Hillary supporters who are truly drawn to her policies and platform will make a pragmatic decision to support the candidate whose policies are closest to hers. There is no question that's Obama. The Clinton supporters who feel so burned by losing a tough-but-fair campaign that they can't concede defeat and try to blackmail the party are already gone. Attempts to woo them are as pointless as their idle threats.
And I thought Obama supporters were "cultists" ...
