alt.politics.republicans

On Feb 27, 7:02=A0pm, "Eddie Haskell" wrote:
> "mugz" wrote in message
>
> news:b34a3a57-3608-4735-a308-e7f3f5b8b6a3@...
>
> > New poll: McCain would beat Democrats in November
> >/news/content/news/stories/2008/02/27/campaign_poll...
>
> > Reasons for Clinton Supporters to Vote for McCain:
>
> > 1. Obama's Iraq policy is naive
> > 2. Obama has little experience
> > 3. McCain is viewed as a moderate by most Democrats
> > 4. Clinton has successfully minimized Obama in the eyes of many
> > Democrats
>
> Oooo... gotta disagree with you on #4, mugz.. Both Clintons, particularly
> Bill, have inadvertently diminished themselves and have built up Obama in
> the eyes of other democrats. Their sleazy smear tactics go over fine with
> them when directed at republicans, but when it comes to other democrats,
> they suddenly find a distaste for the Clinton smear machine.
>
> -Eddie Haskell

I agree with you in general; but what I am talking about are the 5-10%
of die-hard clinton supporters who would not vote for Obama even if
Bush were running again. Of those, I predect a large number will
switch to McCain, and that may be all he needs to have a big win come
the general election.