McCain’s new ad features a Hillary supporter who was kicked out of the Wisconsin delegation when she let it be known she was supporting McCain. (via)And since more Hillary supporters are supporting McCain, this is pretty good timing. Just in time for the convention where they might be reminded of what they lost (though, Hillary could give a great speech in support of Obama and turn them around).
Sixty-six percent of Clinton supporters, registered Democrats who want Clinton as the nominee, are now backing Obama. That’s down from 75 percent in the end of June. Twenty-seven percent of them now say they’ll support McCain, up from 16 percent in late June.
Update: Here’s an interesting example of potential McCain supporters at the convention:
“He added further salt into the wound by not picking her as VP,” she said. “I think that is a slap in the face to Hillary supporters, and all women should realize what he just did. He ran on change and to get rid of old Washington, and he chooses someone who voted exactly like Hillary on the Iraq War, his big issue.”He’s an old white man from Washington with years and years and years of Washington experience. How is that change? How is that going to win Hillary supporters? It just made me even more mad.”As I spoke to Kiblen, a man walked by and asked her if she wanted a “John McCain for President” button. She accepted it, and immediately affixed it to her “Hillary” t-shirt. “That’s who I’m going to vote for,” she told me.MANY DEMOCRATS I spoke to told me that Clinton supporters will ultimately decide that Obama agrees with them on most issues, including abortion, health care, and the Iraq War and get behind the ticket in November.Kiblen told me that argument didn’t matter to her, because she was voting for McCain merely as a protest vote. “It isn’t about Hillary anymore,” she said. “It’s about sexism and the way they treated her.” She also noted that Obama was “tanking in the polls” and she complained about his big ego.
Hillary better give a really compelling speech because it doesn’t look like her supporters are getting over her defeat.Updated again: Looks like I might be updating this all day 🙂 This ad is video is so funny, I had to add it:(via)