Or dear author we can write in Hillary. Obama never did anything to win me over. I have nothing against him, but never felt that he was the stronger candidate. Now he is kissing up to the Republicans over FISA. I don't owe my vote to Obama or to a party that allowed the most disgusting attacks against Hillary, over her gender and calling her racist, with NO answer, until the contest was over. How would she have done with a little party support instead of constant calls to withdraw?

"Clintonites really have no alternative but to toe the party line."

I didn't read past that comment. Bastards like you are why we wont' "come back to the fold."

Actually, dude, there are many alternatives...and looking at past results doesn't have anything to do with this particular election process.

I have been disgusted all along by Walter Shapiro's coverage of the primary campaign. He has no clue what all of us disenfranchised women will do come Election Day and he needs to stfu.

Shapiro has chosen to remain silent on Obama's position on FISA. That's very telling.

Now that Obama has shown us what he's really made of, I think I'll sit out the elections this year. The big choice? Would you prefer a white Bush clone or a black Bush clone?

I am not impressed.

Now Clinton supporters have yet another pundit telling us "the Clintonites really have no alternative but to toe the party line."

As proof, he cites a study of the 1976 election between Jerry Ford and Jimmy Carter.

He concludes that virtually all of us who backed Hillary will vote for Obama, whether we know it now or not. How patronizing!

There is no comparison between what's happened in 2008 and the 1976 election. Ford may well have lost to Carter because he pardoned Richard Nixon, an unforgiveable sin back then with many Democrats who voted.

And Jimmy Carter's supporters didn't spend the entire run-up to the general election telling those who voted for his primary opponents what selfish, uneducated, bitter, old and uninformed people they are. If they had, the White House might have remained in Republican hands.

of writing in Hillary Clinton's name in the general election? Sure, you would be expressing your preference, but in these times, when so much is at stake, isn't it more akin to a 5-year-old having a temper tantrum?

I don't know if the author cares or not, but I'm not coming back to the fold. Not unless the Democratic Party changes considerably in the next few years. I am not only not voting for Barack Obama, but am not supporting financially his campaign, the national DNC nor any organization that might provide money to their campaigns. The way the the primary was conducted was disgraceful and I was horrified at the way Hillary was treated by the Democrats in general. I am also concerned with the lack of experience and agenda that Barack Obama has for the country. If he becomes president, the country will be mired in incompetence and an extreme leftist agenda. The party leaders of the Democratic party is pathetic. Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi and Clyburn among others has provided no leadership or guidance in the House or Senate since the Democrats became the majority.

The Republicans are no better and I probably will support Nader. I believe that Mc Cain is still the better person in the race but his pandering to Bush's agenda isn't great either.

I think there may be other Hillary supporters who may just vote for Barack but I doubt they know there are other options or they still believe that Obama's policies will be similar to Hillary's. (If they were, then why did he run?)

I know I can't and won't. This wasn't just another primary election as we all know and history tells us nothing about what people will actually do. I do know that Democrats are not getting my vote in November.

...when he caved on FISA. I am sitting out this election. I voted for Obama in the primary and contributed money, but I'm done.

I think people will be profoundly surprised and ultimately disappointed when they discover that Sen. Obama is the most typical presidential candidate since Bill Clinton.

The psychological phenomena known as 'projecting' applies here - people see what they want, until they wake up and realize otherwise.

In my opinion, he had his chance to 'uphold the Constitution' by speaking truth to FISA, and he waffled in order to capitulate to the right.

Folks, if he's not gonna do it before he's elected, he sure won't do it afterwards...

What is the point of this article? Are you trying to make sure the wound never heals by constantly taking Clinton supporters for granted?

Seriously, do you think you're fooling anyone?

You're so feminist that you're going to vote for a guy who wants to overturn Roe vs Wade and chuckled when the B-word was used about Hillary Clinton?

Your game is an especially stupid one. You seem to think that if you log on to Salon and claim to be a Hillary supporter who's now going to vote for McCain, it will somehow influence other people to vote for McCain. That doesn't make sense. Give it up.

You're voting for Ralph Nader in order to thwart the "extreme leftist agenda" you think Obama promotes?

Are you serious? Don't you people read the parody?

Click name.

I start working for McCain on Friday and already donated. Get it through your fat head, Obama is unqualified to be president!!!

First, Clinton voter's are not universally choosing to not vote for Obama merely out of pique that their candidate lost. There are many reasons why people supported Clinton over Obama, not the least of which is that some of us really, really hated the way Obama ran his campaign and do NOT want him to be President. I'm firmly in that group. I do not insist on Clinton being the nominee. In the unlikely event that they bring in Edwards, or Gore, or any number of other ethical and qualified individuals, I will vote Democratic, as I have voted in every election since I was 18. I won't vote for Obama because I believe that he let Axelrod run a filthy, Rovian campaign in his name. I didn't vote for Bush and I won't vote for a Democratic version of Bush. I have said that I will reconsider my choice if Clinton is nominated the VP, but that consideration is only available because if Obama actually shows that he has that much common sense I will have to reevaluate my judgment of him. Nothing else will do. I sincerely doubt that it will be necessary for me to conduct that reevaluation.

Second, Sexism against Clinton is another matter, and one which concerns me greatly, but it is not the reason I won't vote for Obama. And, no, fear of McCain won't do it either. I'm thoroughly, overwhelmingly sick of being told that I have to be a good little girl and vote Democratic because if I don't those nasty, nasty Republican men will take away my right to have an abortion. Meanwhile, Democrats across the nation are letting the Republicans strip away our right to choose to have an abortion because they are so afraid of being voted out of office by a middle that is ambivalent about abortion. Stop trying to conflate the sexism with whether or not we will vote for Obama. Sexism against Clinton is a separate issue from whether people who did not vote for Obama in the primaries will do so in the GE. Don't simply dismiss it because you think it doesn't matter - it matters no matter who you support in the GE. It matters no matter what happens in the GE. It Matters because sexism is wrong and needs to be addressed, irrelevant of it's impact on the election.

And finally, that picture is all wrong. It supports the idea that Clinton voter's are simply bereaved women who will vote for Obama when they come to their senses, as they inevitably will. What you really need to show is an angry woman, not a sad one, because anger is what you need to deal with, not grief. I never shed a tear when Clinton lost, and I won't shed a tear if McCain wins. But I am angry at the sexism and the fact that pundits like you continue to take my vote for granted. I am angry at the way Obama ran his campaign and your participation in the attacks. I am angry at the dismissal of women's concern's. No grief. Just a quiet, determined anger.