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In The End, Hillary's Supporters Join Obama

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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (left) and Sen. Debbie Stabenow


DENVER—It's Hillary Clinton's big night and finally, finally, her ardent supporters appear to be coming around to joining Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign. None are more faithful to the New York senator than Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, but even she is now sporting a button reading: "Hillary Supporter For Obama." She says: "It's about the issues...it's not about her." She appeared at a breakfast in the posh Brown Palace Hotel in downtown with Obama backer Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow who described how many Hillary supporters she's been in contact with that have started to make the switch. Wasserman Schultz, while clearly sounding like the strong Hillary backer that she is, says that having a Democrat in the White House will improve the chances that key women's issues before the Supreme Court, such as pay equity and abortion rights, will be supported. "At the end of the day, whether they slowly get there or get there quickly, Hillary Clinton supporters know that we can't give away the Supreme Court," she says. Stabenow also says too much has been made of the Clinton-Obama rift and she suggested that the news media has dug too deep to find offended Clinton backers. "She has done more as a candidate for a rival in the primaries up to now than anybody," Stabenow says.

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The CHANGE we need is to have DEMOCRATS in Washington. The alternative is REPUBLICANS AGAIN!! At this point no matter who you wanted in the primary does not matter. What MATTERS NOW is that we need a CHANGE OF PARTY in the White House or we will get another 4 or 8 years of the same or worse. YES, WORSE! McCain by himself is worse and when he added Palin he only made that prospect MUCH MUCH WORSE! McCain's choice of Palin is the ultimate INSULT to American women. She is a total oppositve from Hillary and her stand on the ISSUES are completely out of touch with the majority of American women.

We all MUST KEEP IN MIND that Senator McCain is 72 and has had cancer. The Office of the President is an extremely stressful position and will take its toll on the Senator. If something should happen to him then Sarah Palin would be your PRESIDENT! Talking about inexperience -- you would have it FOR SURE!

McCain's choice of Palin is a perfect example of POOR JUDGMENT and shows us clearly that he is NOT PUTTING HIS COUNTRY FIRST and is trying to gain support from women by choosing Palin.

Allowing Republicans to win will NOT UNITE this country. Put your anger and pessimism aside and vote Obama/Biden because the alternative could just be our doom!

RE in CA of CA 4:53PM September 26, 2008

Greetings, fellow Democrats!

November 4, 2008 is just around the corner and time is of the essence to UNITE and make our VOTES COUNT.

We must ELECT BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT...HIS AGENDA IS VERY CLOSE TO CLINTON'S.

The alternative is SCARY. An Ex POW w/P.T.S.D. and ANGER PROBLEMS is NOT who we want in the White House. And if Old Man McCain doesn't make it....Sarah Palin who is ANTI-HILLARY, ANTI-WOMEN would become the President.

HILLARY SUPPORTERS ARE SMARTER THAN MCCAIN...THEY CAN SEE THROUGH HIS DESPERATE ATTEMPTS IN PUTTING PALIN ON HIS TICKET. PALIN IS AGAINST ABORTION,EVEN IF RAPED, SHE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN GLOBAL WARMING AND SHE HAS (NO FOREIGN AFFAIR EXPERIENCE).

November 4, 2008, Vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

michelle of CA 11:54AM September 06, 2008

As an Obama supporter I did want him to pick Hillary as VP because I was thinking of her supporters who are disappointed. Now after reading all the negative comments about Obama and how her supporters think McCain is better, I am glad he didn't pick her. She doesn't have that much experience, she doesn't represent change. She can't help bring in more voters. I think her negatives would out-weigh her positives. Her supporters wouldn't have voted for an Obama/Hillary ticket because they think she can come back in 2012. The problem is she will need still need a majority in 2012. I now believe she stayed the race and kept saying how unqualified Obama was to make sure he didn't win.

All I can say is people will remember what she did to the party. I don't see her even being a front runner for fear of what she might do to the party. I am an African American woman. I feel as passionately about having an African American as I do about having a woman. If Obama doesn't win, he has already raised the bar for all minorities. I already feel like a winner because as an AA getting the nomination is more than I ever dreamed of. Instead of applauding Hillary's accomplishments people are diminishing what she has done by acting like the bar should be lowered for Hillary just because she is a women. Obama got more delegates that is how he won. He didn't take anything from Hillary. If you want to be respected and treated on the same level as a man then you need to learn how to suck it up and except defeat without whining. I will vote for Obama but I almost think he would be better off losing because he will be held to a different standard then past presidents and frankly, Who Needs it?

of 9:58PM August 31, 2008

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