Blue for Obama. Red for McCain. Purple up for grabs.
Obama is heading for the swing states:
Mr Obama, in his first campaign rally since he clinched the nomination on Tuesday, held a town hall meeting in rural southern Virginia, seeking to prove that he can woo Mrs Clinton’s supporters without the former First Lady at his side – or on his presidential ticket.
As Mr Obama’s aides began indicating that Mrs Clinton’s chances of becoming his running-mate are slim, the Illinois Senator campaigned in Virginia instead with a trio of local politicians all considered possible vice-presidential candidates.
The trip to Virginia also served notice to the Republican nominee-elect John McCain that Mr Obama sees the state – which has not been won by a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964 – as a newly competitive battleground that could switch this year.
McCain eyeing Clinton supporters:
This comes as some Clinton backers, seeing the curtain closing on their candidate, are organizing to draw other Clinton backers to McCain’s side.
“A lot of Clinton’s supporters liked her because they saw that she was experienced, ready to start the job on Day One. … Those are all traits that John McCain shares,” Republican National Committee spokesman Alex Conant said.
Conant told FOXNews.com that since the beginning of the week, “our switchboards are pretty much lit up from women asking how they can change their registration — Clinton supporters. … We think there’s a real opportunity there.”
Cristi Adkins, of the newly formed Clintons for McCain group, told FOX News that Clinton supporters should seriously consider putting their money on the GOP candidate.
On that note comes this zinger:
“It’s really not that big of a jump from Clinton to McCain,” she argued.
Well, zinger to Republicans who have been saying that for years that is. Notsomuch a zinger to Democrats attempting (a little embarrassingly) to paint McCain as Bush’s 3rd term…
While some Democrats likely will be unshakable in their opposition to McCain for his support of the Iraq war, the McCain campaign sees an opening to court the so-called Reagan Democrats who supported Clinton.
“Sour Grapes”
We’re sore losers? Can’t accept the outcome of the primaries? We want to “take our ball” and go home? We’re racists?
Well, sour grapes make great wine and we are NOT accepting Sen. Obama to represent us in the White House. He doesn’t represent us, or grassroots Americans. He represents elitism, class warfare, demagoguery, race-baiting and misogyny. That’s his vision for America and the Democratic Party, not ours.
We object to him on many levels, but none have to do with the color of HIS skin. Clearly though he has a problem with color (or lack thereof) and if he isn’t outright racist, certainly doesn’t mind playing that race card. But it’s not even a ‘race’ card per se, it’s a color card. Because we believe there is only one race, the Human race. And people like Obama have been groomed just for this purpose, to use our diversity as a weapon to always have us fighting one another, always keep us divided. We are not accepting that and we are not accepting him.
We will vote for Senator John McCain and help defeat what we believe is evil in our midst and send a message loud and clear that we will be heard and we will not tolerate bigotry, separatism and everything else Obama clearly stands for.
PUMA…Party Unity My Ass! We are not Stepford wives. Follow us over to http://www.clintons4mccain.com