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On Monday, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain praised Democrat Hillary Clinton. "She has inspired generations of American women to believe that they can reach the highest office in this nation, and I respect her campaign, and I respect her," he said.
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The Republican National Committee appears ready to roll out the red carpet for Hillary Clinton supporters, over a newly-registered internet domain ClintonsForMcCain.com.

Though the web address does not yet go anywhere, the RNC registered the domain name on May 15, according to whois data from the registrar Network Solutions. That was nine days after Clinton's disappointing showing in the North Carolina primary, which prompted NBC's Tim Russert to declare the race effectively over for Clinton.

An e-mail to two RNC officials about their plans went unanswered Thursday.

The Republicans appear to be capitalizing on the bitter disappointment, anger and disillusionment that Clinton supporters are feeling right now. Much of it is on display on the web in the comments section on both Clinton's website, as well as that of presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain.

Many voters responding to Clinton's last e-mail blast, which was also posted on her blog this morning, said that they couldn't possibly vote for Barack Obama. Some of them said they would instead support his Republican rival.

That's despite Clinton saying in her note that she plans on rallying her supporters behind Obama this Saturday.

"We love you Hillary and respect you for having to go along and support the Democratic Party, but we can't," wrote one poster named "caspercat," one out of several expressing similar sentiments. "We just re-registered as an undeclared  party and will not vote for Obama. If you do not get the nomination this time, you will be a shoo-in in 2012 after the Democratic Party takes a huge beating in November."

Meanwhile, Clinton supporters also appear to be checking in at the McCain campaign's blog, and expressing their interest in the candidate.

"So it's general election time, and both candidates need a VP. Why not make the offer to Clinton to be the nominee on the McCain ticket?" asked trojan8080 on the McCain campaign blog. "If she says no, John McCain will look like the guy that really works across party lines."

"It also appears that Obama is simply too stupid (or worse, too arrogant) to see that he needs to offer her the VP nomination to unite the party," wrote another commenter calling herself CincyLady. "This is why I would like to know who Mr. McCain will be offering the VP slot to for the Republicans. If it's a woman, especially if it's someone like Condoleeza Rice, I think I'd switch sides and then vote for McCain."

McCain stands on  the polar opposite side of Clinton on some of the most important issues that will determine the future of this country -- namely on the kind of justices that he would nominate to the Supreme Court. McCain also believes that Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that upholds a woman's right to choose, should be overturned.

Noting this, another commenter on the McCain blog said: "McCain needs is a pick a centrist with a good history on women's issues. If he promises not to pick a Court Justice to overturn Roe vs. Wade, he will easily pick up a majority of Clinton supporters. The DNC thinks it can treat a woman with great disregard without penalty. They think they will keep the women's vote merely by the threat of more Supreme Court Justices that want to overturn Roe vs. Wade. McCain prove them wrong!"