This is not the first time that Obama's voter problems have been blamed on others.  Obama himself constantly shifts blame, whether it's his staff erroneously filling out a form, or bitter clingers who are voting against their better interests.

I just don't see anything Obama has done in the last six months that can be pointed to as evidence that he will work to bring the party together.  This is disastrous.

Sometimes I feel like the only reason some of these people even join the Democratic Party is because it allows them to hold themselves as superior to other people.

Equally obvious is that making people feel BAD is one way to lose their votes.

I keep wondering why this seems to hard to grasp.  Uplifting emotional rhetoric or addressing issues that people care about are ways to make people "feel good".

Insulting their social group, gender, economic class are ways to make people "feel bad".

Boycotting Obama Will Lead to Famine, Armaggeddon, Government-Controlled Uteruses, and other Scare Tactics

A lot of desperate Democrats are suddenly scrambling to "unify" with Clinton's supporters, now that they realize that their snowjob of an election will lead to an Obama boycott in November. The classic line says that we need to avoid letting emotions interfere with judgment and to think about "the issues." Well, here's my answer (disclaimer: I do not have a uterus).

First of all, I do not need to clear my head and take a deep breath. I am a lifetime Democrat, and I have been voting for Democrats since the mid-80s. I am very experienced having my candidate lose, but then moving on to support the party ticket. In past primaries, for example, I voted for Dean, Bradley, and Jesse Jackson (twice!). I get the idea of party unity....Next.

Second, my vote represents more than just support for a set of standard liberal issues. It also protests liberal hypocrisy. The party espouses an equality rhetoric but has undermined it during this election. The party has bashed poor white people, as if they are responsible for the racially segregated nature of corporate America, U.S imperialism, and the exploitation of vulnerable consumers. The party has ignored Latino voters because recognizing them challenges the "only racists vote for Clinton script." The party has invented claims of racial injustice to demonize the Clintons. The party has ridiculed "uneducated" voters, even though Democrats supposedly represent disadvantaged people. Male party members and liberal media have constantly called for Clinton to drop out -- starting after Iowa -- in order to place an aura of doubt around her campaign. The party has completely ignored or even denied the sexist treatment of Clinton, while responding with absolute venom to any real or imagined "racism" directed towards Obama. The party has allowed Obama to wear multiple racial hats -- the nonracial black man, the just black enough to be an historic black president, and the black racial victim - to secure votes. But if Clinton deviates even slightly from a prior script, she is portrayed as a horrible witch who would do "anything to get elected." I refuse to join this madness.

Third, I am unmoved by the pro-Obama scare tactics ("what about Roe, the war, health care, etc.). These are just Karl Rovian "red alerts." Obama is not entitled to our votes. Whatever loyalty the party had from me prior to this election has been depleted. Earlier on when we wanted to discuss progressive issues, the Obama camp and the media silenced our efforts and instead focused on the big rock star pep rallies, Obamania, Camelot, weeping college students, and a host of other unimportant concerns. They told us that we and Clinton were cold and unhopeful, that Clinton was a mere "policy wonk," while Obama made people "feel good again." Suddenly, you want to talk about the issues because it benefits Obama. That's way too unprincipled for me.

Clearly the party leadership has determined that anytime Obama looks weak, the "boys" will endorse him or call for Clinton to leave because she is "hurting the party" and "kneecapping" the "first viable black presidential candidate." Well, party leadership and media, you made these rules; suffer the consequences. To paraphrase Obama, don't tell me my disgust with your behavior doesn't matter. Don't tell me sexism doesn't matter. Don't tell me liberal hypocrisy doesn't matter. Don't tell me I must vote for Obama in order to be a "real" Democrat. If being a real Democrat means bashing women, the poor, and the elderly, manipulating race, ignoring Latinos, and stifling dissent, then I respectfully resign my membership! Achieving justice requires sacrifice, brutal honesty, and passionate commitment. I will not "endorse anything to get a Democrat elected," and neither should you.

-- A Black Male Civil Rights Attorney

Clinton v McCain

77% Democrats would vote Clinton
16% Vote McCain
5% Stay Home

Obama v McCain

Today, I am an Appalachian.

) - The vast majority of Hillary Clinton supporters in Kentucky are not willing to support Barack Obama should he win the party's nomination, a sign of the continuing division in the Democratic Party as the primary race comes to a close.

According to the just released exit polls, only 33 percent of Clinton backers said they would vote for Obama should he be the party's nominee. That compares to 71 percent of Obama supporters who say they are willing to support Clinton if she wins the nomination.

Those numbers are even worse for Obama than in West Virginia one week ago, where 36 percent of Clinton voters said they would back Barack Obama in fall.

As for the Clinton backers in Kentucky, 41 percent of them say they will back McCain if Obama is the Democratic nominee, 23 percent said they won't vote at all, and 3 percent said they would vote for other candidates.

just as the fab eleanora told me to do

sigh

http://www.taylormarsh.com/archives_view.php?id=27732

wtg, dKos! ::bangs head against wall::

I mean, seriously --- could they be more inept or ignorant?

But, its time we all admit that Obama is the nominee and he can't win over the votes of racist lower class whites. I think that he should pick a hispanic for VP preferably Richardson but any hispanic will do. Bush won 44% of hispanics last time and Kerry would be president is he had gotten just 10 to 15 more as he barely lost AZ, ND, CO, and NM. But picking a hispanic could put Texas in play, which would be huge as only 48% of Texas' population is white while hispanics make up 36%.

You don't need very many whites to win anymore and I think its about time the democrats became the party of all the minorities and educated whites say to hell with racist, lower-class whites. That is what the party is essentially anyways. If Obama did that then he would be true to the party. The other thing he would have to do to make me happy is embrace single-payer healthcare, not be embarrassed to not wear a flag pin and call himself a liberal proudly.

DHinMI can take his elitist condescending Ann Arbor latte-sipping attitude and park it right in the beltway, where he probably parks a Volvo these days.

And if Obama becomes the nominee (you never know because superdelegates (and even elected delegates) can change their vote at any time) and if Obama loses Kentucky in the fall, he can blame it on DHinMI.

Seriously, if this were a family member who started acting as irrationally and violently in such a sudden manner, I'd be scheduling an MRI and an observational 72 hour stay in the psycho ward for them immediately.