Idiots all. All those Democratic candidates who backed away from Obama are some of the stupidest human beings in the nation, and deserve to lose. Grimes...what the hell?!?
ARGH!
What did you think? People would say "OH! She hates Obama! I'm going to vote for her!"
No. No...you're a Dem. You are STUCK by party association. When he looks bad, you look bad. When he looks good, you look good. The best and ONLY thing you can possibly do is show you have an ounce of integrity and have your friend's back and talk about all the great things Obama has actually done for this nation.
This shit didn't work for Gore when he shunned Clinton. It didn't save the necks of Republican congressmen when they shunned Bush.
It doesn't work! It NEVER WORKS.
And all the folks who shunned Obama are idiots who just look like a sniveling, pandering political hacks.
Here's what you say
"I won't turn my back on a guy just because he's unpopular at the moment. And I won't pretend to be somebody I'm not. Yeah, I voted for him. He's done a lot of great work. We're all trying to be better people here, and I'm here to lend my hand so that we can be a better nation. I won't turn my back on anybody. So don't ask me to."
If you're not going to stand proud, you look like a weak political asshole.