Piss-poor Democrats
I used the phrase “piss-poor Democrats” to describe PUMAs on Ripley’s BlogTalkRadio show last week and WaPo’s Alec MacGillis has laid out evidence that it’s a fairly accurate description:
Democrats have been wringing their hands since yesterday about one seemingly daunting figure in new polls showing a tightening of the presidential race.
Obama, according to the polls, is still having trouble locking down the votes of Hillary Clinton’s primary-season supporters. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll found that only about half of self-identifying Clinton supporters backed Obama, while a fifth are backing John McCain and fully a quarter remain undecided.
Some are interpreting this as evidence that Obama has a lingering problem with the Democratic base, and even speculating that he consequently might shock the world and pick Clinton as his running mate.
Lost in this analysis, though, is a crucial fact: many of Clinton’s primary-season supporters are not necessarily loyal Democratic presidential election voters.
Posted by Kevin K. on 08/22/08 at 02:39 PM • Permalink
Categories: News • Politics • Election '08 • St. McSame • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • PUMAs •

