CNN, in an article titled Grumbling Clinton supporters make Democrats nervous, is reporting that the McCain camp is actively courting Clinton supporters.
A few hours after her speech -- which was free of attacks on Obama's fall opponent -- McCain aide Michael Goldfarb wrote on the campaign's official blog that "there is a genuine affection for her here at McCain HQ. During her speech there was no small amount of pleading with the TV: 'Don't do it, you can still win!' "
"Sen. Clinton has really grown on us over here in Crystal City over the past few months," wrote Goldfarb, calling her an "impressive candidate" who "inspired a generation of women" but "fell victim to a vast left-wing conspiracy that resented her generally centrist foreign policy views."
And one of the first posts on the newly launched blog was a video of Abba's "Take a Chance on Me" under the headline, "Take a Chance on McCain." Wrote Goldfarb: "Attention disaffected Hillary supporters, John McCain is a huge Abba fan. Seriously.''
While the article makes the point that 22% of her supporters have been polled as saying they would stay home this fall and another 17% would vote for McCain, it later goes on to report that, despite similar anger from Dean supporters in 2004, only 8% supported Bush over Kerry (still way too high).
The article also kindly points out that the difference between Clinton's positions and McCain's positions on major topics of interest like Iraq, tax cuts, reproductive rights and health care are miles and miles apart.
One last item of note from the article: Joe Lieberman is making his intentions quite clear, announcing that he was, "heading a new grass-roots organization, Citizens for McCain, with a direct appeal to Clinton's disappointed supporters."
You can read the article here: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITI... |
