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Originally Posted by forester814  IS it a fair question?
In the fall, Obama won't be running against Clinton, but against McCain.
It's disingenuous to say that the Clinton v Obama results in Penn. have any bearing on the likely Obama v McCain results (or for that matter, the likely Clinton v McCain results) in Penn. in the fall.
Right. So what if he didn't the biggest states? States like CA, NY, and NJ are true blue, wouldn't matter who won them in the primaries, the Democrat nominee is very, very likely to win those states in the general election. Conversely, Texas is a Republican stronghold right now, so what if Hillary won it in the primary (She lost the caucus BTW)? McCain is likely to handily take it in November.
Let's say Clinton is Pepsi and Obama is Coke.
That was yesterday's primary election. Coke v Pepsi. Odd since I do prefer Coke over Pepsi. 
You are an avid cola drinker, and you prefer Pepsi.
And Pepsi won yesterday.
Now, it's fall, and Obama (Coke) got the nomination.
So now, the choice is between Coke and McCain, represented by, oh, hot coffee.
Remember, you are an avid cola drinker.
Are you REALLY likely to pick coffee over your second-favorite brand of cola? |
But whilst I hate coffee, I don't hate John McCain.
But you do raise a good point, the polls right now indicate that a good chunk of Obama/Clinton supporters will either switch over to McCain or abstain if their preferred candidate loses. However, when the dust has settled though and there is a nominee, will they REALLY vote against their own party and their own principles?
I honestly can't see so many people jumping ship, especially since Obama and Clinton really aren't that different in their views.
Obama is a Socialist, racist Muslim who will tax us to death and McCain is a senile warmonger who will start WW3- Failtards.
"Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it."-Sen. John McCain, February 2000.
I miss the old McCain...
Last edited by mikelew007; 04-23-2008 at 03:50 PM.
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