I mentioned in March a national poll that found very large numbers of Clinton backers who indicated that they would not vote for Obama in the general election. This June 4, 2008 The Politico article indicates that the problem is continuing--perhaps even getting worse:
On the night that Barack Obama clinched his party's nomination, one-third of Hillary Clinton's supporters in Montana and South Dakota said they would not vote for the presumptive Democratic nominee.Instapundit points out that some of this sour grapes won't last, which is certainly true. How many left-wing Democrats threatened to move to Canada after the 2004 election? And how many actually did? Of course, failing to vote for Obama--or even voting for McCain, as some of the Clinton backers in the March survey indicated they would do--is a lot easier and lot less painful than moving to another country.
What's driving this, "No we can't" response? I'm sure that there is some racism involved. And I'm sure that there is some feminist fury that Clinton didn't get the nomination. But Obama is well to the left of much of the Democratic Party--and there are a lot of moderate to even conservative Democrats who recognize that civilization comes first. Barack Hussein Obama seems not to fully understand the seriousness of the battle between civilized behavior and those who use power tools to torture people to death.
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