New GALLUP POLL Says...

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Wednesday March 26, 2008 · 10:44 AM PDT

2008/03/26 · 10:44

A new Gallup Poll finds a "sizable proportion" of Democrats would vote for Sen. John McCain next November if their favored candidates does not win the Democratic nomination.

"Clinton supporters appear to be somewhat more reactive than Obama supporters. Twenty-eight percent of the former indicate that if Clinton is not the nominee -- and Obama is -- they would support McCain. That compares to 19% of Obama supporters who would support McCain if Obama is not the nominee -- and Clinton is."
http://www.gallup.com/...

I'd be interested to know how many Romney voters who claimed they wouldn't have voted for McCain a few months ago have changed their tune. Time heals all wounds. Democrats (myself included) learned in 2000 that there is a BIG difference between party candidates and elections do have consequences (ie, "W"orthless Bush). I'm sure that sentiment will be echoed repeatedly.

The important thing is to get this resolved as soon as feasibly possible (in a sensible manner) and not let it drag into the convention (although the different camps will come up with different metrics).

More to the point, I can't imagine any democrat, whether an Obama supporter or a Clinton supporter ever voting for McBush when the balance of the Supreme Court, the war in Iraq and a (possible) war in Iran if McBush has his finger on the button, not to mention the war in Afghanistan will hang in the balance. Further, after yesterday's disasterous McBush speech on the economy, when the teleprompter obviously stopped...how could any democrat even think about voting for the old fool from Arizona, even for one minute?

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