Comments on: A Drag on the Ticket http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/06/a-drag-on-the-ticket Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:11:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Trying to Predict the Future | Comments from Left Field http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/06/a-drag-on-the-ticket/comment-page-1#comment-37971 Trying to Predict the Future | Comments from Left Field Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:26:27 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4320#comment-37971 [...] this last point, I’ve done some preliminary table napkin math on the party unity issue, and I think that at mo....  Frankly, there’s no way to tell exactly how bad the defection rate’s going to be, if [...] [...] this last point, I’ve done some preliminary table napkin math on the party unity issue, and I think that at mo….  Frankly, there’s no way to tell exactly how bad the defection rate’s going to be, if [...]

]]> By: DrGail http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/06/a-drag-on-the-ticket/comment-page-1#comment-37935 DrGail Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:34:25 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=4320#comment-37935 I heard a very interesting perspective this morning: Those "blue collar white voters" in Appalachia, some of whom may or may not be among the ranks of the "defectors", didn't so much vote <u>for</u> Hillary as they voted <u>against</u> Obama. If that's so, they won't vote for the unity ticket under any circumstances. With that in mind, all the numerous negatives associated with the unity ticket far outweigh the benefits since the likely benefits would be almost nonexistent. Further, it kind of puts into perspective the insistence that Hillary's supporters will vote for McCain rather than Obama in the general election: they aren't Hillary supporters because of her policies or because they support the values of the Democratic party. Rather, they supported her because she <u>wasn't</u> Obama. Given a choice between Obama and some really creepy old guy, they actually prefer the really creepy old guy. With this in mind, I agree with your conclusions: good riddance to them. They're just not that important. I heard a very interesting perspective this morning: Those “blue collar white voters” in Appalachia, some of whom may or may not be among the ranks of the “defectors”, didn’t so much vote for Hillary as they voted against Obama.

If that’s so, they won’t vote for the unity ticket under any circumstances. With that in mind, all the numerous negatives associated with the unity ticket far outweigh the benefits since the likely benefits would be almost nonexistent.

Further, it kind of puts into perspective the insistence that Hillary’s supporters will vote for McCain rather than Obama in the general election: they aren’t Hillary supporters because of her policies or because they support the values of the Democratic party. Rather, they supported her because she wasn’t Obama. Given a choice between Obama and some really creepy old guy, they actually prefer the really creepy old guy.

With this in mind, I agree with your conclusions: good riddance to them. They’re just not that important.

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