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Anybody Worried About Alienating Clinton Supporters?

By Big Tent Democrat

By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only

Noam Schieber writes:

I'm . . . arguing that [Obama]'s almost certainly going to be the nominee, that that's not going to change even if Hillary spends the next several weeks unloading on him, that the only thing this course is going to affect are his chances in the general election, and that, even if Hillary did some how pummel him hard enough to wrest away the nomination, it would be close to worthless since she'd have generated so much ill-will toward her among Democrats.

(Emphasis supplied.) I have been completely amazed how little concern the "Creative Class" has shown towards the possibility of alienating Clinton supporters. Is anyone worried about how upset Clinton supporters will be if Clinton is viewed as having been pushed out of the race? If Florida and Michigan are not counted? If Obama and his supporters continually denigrate Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Legacy? Clearly Noam Scheiber does not give it a second thought.

I agree that Obama will be the nominee. And it is about time Obama AND his supporters start worrying about unifying the Party. The contempt for Clinton, for Bill Clinton and for her supporters is palpable from the "Creative Class" and the Obama campaign. Pretty soon, unless Obama and his supporters shape up, the question may be "is the nomination worthless to Barack Obama?"

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 14, 2008 (boomark / email).