Obama's Gamble
Obama's Gamble
#1Obama's Gamble
Posted: 6/4/08 at 10:00am
Well, everyone has to have a strategery.
From politico.com:
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It has been a hard-fought and sometimes bitter campaign, but Obama is not, one of his senior advisers assured me Tuesday night, going to spend a lot of time in the next few months wooing Clinton supporters whose feelings may be hurting.
“I think there are always immediate feelings of disappointment and anger,” Anita Dunn said. “But in the months ahead, he must appeal not just to the constituency groups who favored her in the primaries, but those he wants in the general election, and that includes independents and Republicans.”
Another Obama adviser, who asked not to be identified, said that he was not worried that Clinton supporters would stay angry....
“At the end of the day,” he went on, “Hillary supporters will look at John McCain and decide they are not going to vote for a man who will put judges on the Supreme Court who would overturn Roe v. Wade.”
Obama's first test: Handling Hillary
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#2re: Obama's Gamble
Posted: 6/4/08 at 10:03am
Hillary's supporters are not going to vote for McCain. Or skip voting, even.
I think none but the dumbest know that a tantrum is less important than this country's future.
#2bammy's gamble
Posted: 6/4/08 at 10:07am
"none but the dumbest"
i really like that as a title.
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
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#3re: Obama's Gamble
Posted: 6/4/08 at 10:07amWell, I guess there's a some wiggle room with the phrase 'spend a lot of time'. He's been nothing but gracious and generous about her in his recent speeches, going pretty far in including her in the healthcare reform he plans to institute. In my opinion, he should go through his VP search like any other candidate would, vetting the candidates and deciding who can help him get elected, and who can help him govern. If , IN HIS DECISION, that turns out to be her, then fine. He can't allow any impression that he is being forced into taking her.
DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#4re: Obama's Gamble
Posted: 6/4/08 at 10:24amIt just cracks me up. Hillary makes 'chess moves', while Obama 'gambles'.
#5re: Obama's Gamble
Posted: 6/4/08 at 2:38pmWEll DUH DG, black people don't play chess, they just throw bones on the street.
#6bammy's gambling habit will get him declared an infidel
Posted: 6/4/08 at 2:40pmi thought islam forbid gambling?
...global warming can manifest itself as heat, cool, precipitation, storms, drought, wind, or any other phenomenon, much like a shapeshifter. -- jim geraghty
pray to st. jude
i'm a sonic reducer
he was the gimmicky sort
fenchurch=mejusthavingfun=magwildwood=mmousefan=bkcollector=bradmajors=somethingtotalkabout: the fenchurch mpd collective
#7bammy's gambling habit will get him declared an infidel
Posted: 6/4/08 at 2:47pmare you really shocked he's a bad muslim? If he were a good muslim he would have stoned Hillary in a public square with several other men months ago.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8Obama's Ramble
Posted: 6/4/08 at 2:50pmAre those unmentioned advisors Mishy and the kids?
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