It’s not just the average Jane PUMAs that should concern the Obama camp; some rich Hillary Clinton donors are leaning McCain, such as Lynn Forester de Rothschild. And, given that Obama had earlier projected to have a money edge, that’s not the best thing. Clinton backers like this can put their money where their anger is.
That said, it looks like Obama’s campaign, in handling the Clinton as Veep idea, either didn’t do the best job, or close to it, of stroking her, or didn’t even care to try. And, I suspect it’s more the latter.
He could have leaked names of women on his Veep short list, such as Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius or Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, even if they weren’t actually on his short list.
Other people have been giving Obama advice on what he needs to say Thursday. I say he has to address the sexism issue somehow, and address it in depth.
We’ll see.
The bottom line is, how much of this anger is Hillary Clinton specific by her backers? How much of it is woman candidate generic? And, how much of it is Dem power player specific?
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