Regarding the Grimes vote:

[graegoyle]

I don't know if this has been brought up but, what if her non-commital statements are because she did NOT vote for Obama?

[Skittles]

1. yup

I think everyone assumes she voted for Obama and maybe she did not

[BeyondGeography]

2. She said she's a Hillary Clinton Democrat

Insert policy differences betweeen HRC and Obama here: . Not much on the domestic front. A little more FP-wise, but not enough to make any motivated Democrat stay home except out of pure spite.

So what exactly would have been her problem with Obama that made her either vote against him or abstain?

She's trying to have it both ways, imo. Keep Obama's base on board and not lose white D's who couldn't bring themselves to vote for Obama under any circumstances. We'll see if it works.

[Thinkingabout]

7. I understand in Kentucky when there was sign up for Obamacare people does not want

Obamacare but love KNECT which is Obamacare in Kentucky, that being said, if she stated she voted to Obama it may sway those Obamacare voters.

[2naSalit]

3. The first thought

I had when this issue reared its ugly head was...

As a private citizen and as a voter casting a vote in a general election is NOBODY ELSE"S F'ING BUSINESS and she should say so.

[panader0]

4. To me, this whole thing is a non -issue.

She is a better candidate than Mitch.

[BuelahWitch]

8. Indeed, just another ploy to turn away from REAL issues.

I hate it that every time Democrats let these crooks set the tone with some stupid thing like this.

[demwing]

10. She's challenging the assumption in the question

she's definitely setting her own tone.

[Thinkingabout]

5. If she wanted to say she vote for Obama or any other candidate she could have chosen to do so.

If she was trying to deceive any one about who she voted she could have said she voted for Obama whether she did or not. Who would know?

[kentuck]

6. This time, next week, I think we will be looking at this in a different light.

In the short term, it has created mostly confusion. In the longer run, I think people will be more understanding of her position. At least, I am hoping so.

[demwing]

9. Twice by me

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HERE: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=220655
snd HERE: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5665999

It make a lot of sense