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Obama buoyed by support of women, not Clinton

by PApolitico on Thu 12 Jun 2008 02:38 PM EDT | Permanent Link | Cosmos

A poll conducted by NBC/the Wall Street Journal finds that Obama is enjoying a 55%-32% lead among women while Sen. McCain heads Obama 55%-35% among white men (36% of the electorate in 2004). McCain is also favored by suburban white women (10% of the electorate) 44-38%. Overall the poll found Obama ahead of McCain by a mere 6 percentage points (47%-41%). Adding Hillary to the Democratic ticket boosted Obama’s lead by only 3 more points (51%-42%) over a potential McCain/Romney ticket.

Twenty-two percent of respondents indicated that adding Clinton as VP would make them more inclined to vote for Obama while a staggering 21% said it would make them less likely to vote for the Illinois Senator showing that a “power merge” between Obama and Clinton may not be as lethal for the GOP as originally thought. Senator Clinton suspended her presidential campaign on June 7^thand endorsed Obama. The NBC poll was conducted from June 6^th-9^th and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1%.

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Re: Obama buoyed by support of women, not Clinton

by curlyfries87 on Thu 12 Jun 2008 02:47 PM EDT | Profile | Permanent Link

I hope that others will see that if Clinton is presented as the VP nominee for the Obama ticket, there would have been little thought behind their political beliefs but rather a catch-all. The concept of voting is choosing one person over the other but the critical selection process for the VP on your party's ticket should never be treated negligently or passively.

Re: Obama buoyed by support of women, not Clinton

by prolifer89 on Thu 12 Jun 2008 03:07 PM EDT | Profile | Permanent Link

Obama's lead among women will change hopefully as the townhall debates happen. The ticket of Obama/Clinton is only myth. Clinton will emasculate Ohama and make him very weak politically and masculinity wise. Women that voted for Hillary want to see a woman in the office and say Ms. President not Ms. Vp. Hillary is a strong force but Obama's "change" slogan will change in the direction of "let's change again to someone else" if he chooses Hillary as his VP

Re: Re: Obama buoyed by support of women, not Clinton

by PApolitico on Thu 12 Jun 2008 04:08 PM EDT | Profile | Permanent Link

I agree with curlyfries and prolifer. Obama (and his squadron of VP vetters) will realize that Hillary carries way too much baggage with her to even make his top ten. I would be very surprised to see him pick her.

Re: Obama buoyed by support of women, not Clinton

by IndianaJones on Thu 12 Jun 2008 04:23 PM EDT | Profile | Permanent Link

I do not believe Senator Obama will choose Mrs. Clinton as his running mate. Her undeniable political skills and appeal are matched by her divisiveness and aesthetically unpleasing haughtiness. There has been a slow beating drum for Senator Jim Webb of Virginia as of late. The caveat is that Webb has even less national experience than Obama. Will the Democratic ticket be represented by two men whose national experience equals a single Senatorial term?

I firmly believe in the Jeffersonian principle that the "man makes the times" and not the other way around. Still I hesitate to castigate the Democrats appeal to women as out of hand. Certainly, John McCain must make an effort to appeal to women especially young ones. Heck, maybe McCain should name Hillary as his running mate. In all seriousness, McCain is doing the right things by having strong women like his 92 year old mother and twenty-something daughter campaign for him.

Folks, this very well could be the election of our lifetimes. So how about this... Let us allow our hopes and dreams to be the catalyst of our ambition. Let us pledge that opportunity is the best equality. Let us never tell our children how it once was to be free in America. Vote in 2008!

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