| Democrats are not necessarily going to vote for McCain, but in a close election every vote counts. The fact is that many people are pissed off at the DNC and do not feel that Obama can win in November nor that he is qualified or trustworthy enough to be President. McCain can exploit that.
On a recent conference call McCain moderated himself, explicitly stating that he is a "fan of" Sandra Day O'Connor while not going so far as to say that he will nominate judges that will respect stari decisis and honor Roe v Wade. The danger is that he could meet the "good enough" threshold. He is also earning people's respect.
Compound that with the brown shirt tactics that are being used to suppress anyone that expresses anything other than 100% orthodoxy and a shit storm is brewing. In fact, it reminds me of when the neocons took over the republican party and silenced moderates.
This is troubling to me; arrogance does not win people over. Hell, Obama was out golfing during Hillary's concession speech. Bullying does not win people over either. I'm not won over, but I will not vote for the old man because he backs awful policies.
I sincerely hope that the Obama campaign stops resting in its laurels and pays more than lip service to uniting the party. Wake up Senator Obama - we need to win back the White House, and that takes hard work. |