Reply #154: No, it didn't reflect lack of support for HRC in the general. It was worse than that. [View All]

[lumberjack_jeff]

It was reflective of the widespread belief among Obama supporters that Clinton supporters are not morally fit to be in their club.

If Obama's the nominee, 28% of the DU supporters who responded to the poll wouldn't expend a single calorie trying to solicit the votes of the other 15 million. The "I won't vote for Hillary nomatterwhat" faction is far larger.

I can understand how Clinton's response that she and McCain have comparable experience was frustrating to Obama supporters. It is unquestionable, though that Obama doesn't have anywhere near the experience that either of the other two do. FWIW, I don't consider that a fatal flaw, but it (combined with the equivocating he did at the beginning) does give Obama limited room to say "I opposed Iraq from the start". Well, so did I, but I wasn't a decisionmaker at the time either.