Women voters lining up behind Obama

[Hope And Change]

CAMPAIGN '08

Women voters lining up behind Obama

McCain hopes to lure Clinton loyalists. But polls show they are staying Democratic.

By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

June 16, 2008

Marilyn Authenreith, a mother of two in North Carolina, felt strongly about supporting Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary.

But once the former first lady quit the race, Authenreith switched allegiance to Barack Obama, mainly because she thinks that he -- unlike Republican John McCain -- will push for universal healthcare.

"I can't understand the thinking of how someone would jump from Hillary to McCain," she said. "It doesn't make any sense."

Now that the Democratic marathon is over, Clinton supporters like Authenreith are siding heavily with Obama over McCain, polls show. And Obama has taken a wide lead among female voters, belying months of political chatter and polls of primary voters suggesting that disappointment over Clinton's defeat might block the Illinois senator from enjoying his party's historic edge among women.

The rancor peaked two weeks ago with televised images of furious Clinton loyalists protesting a Democratic Party meeting in Washington to settle a dispute over Florida and Michigan delegates.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-women16-2008jun16,0,5593581.story

[gateley]

1. Women are too smart to vote for McCain. nt

[mystieus]

2. True.

[unpossibles]

3. this just makes sense to me

first of all, Clinton's and Obama's platforms were quite similar, so if someone is voting on issues/platform, then Obama is the closest candidate to Clinton.

On the flipside, despite various media pundits and "entertainers" trying to paint Obama as not having enough support from women, working class whites, etc., the facts don't really follow that, unless they're strictly referring to the people who would not have really voted for either, and/or don't pay attention to the facts. The GOP and McCain have HORRIBLE track records on every issue which affects women (and men for that matter).

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. I think we all expected this to happen, despite all the noise to the contrary.

I still maintain that a lot of the static was from Republicans pretending to be Hillary supporters.

[trixie]

5. Just saw a piece on the news

Of a (male) Clinton supporter trying to rally people to Mccain. How stupid is that? What a blow to her legacy to say that she is more like Bush/Mcsame then Obama. My fav didn't win the primary but I support Obama 100%. I would have supported Clinton just the same. My dog would be better then any GOPer.

"I can't understand the thinking of how someone would jump from Hillary to McCain," she said. "It doesn't make any sense."

So true!

[tridim]

6. I'll bet any amount that that guy is on McCain's payroll.

[Shoelace]

7. Great news but I figured it was all a media hype thingy to begin with

there were a few thousand very vocal women who played along with the talking heads in the media. They spun this story like a spider spins a web.
Sorry Media whores, we didn't buy it from the get go since some of those orgs. were financed by Republicans. Democratic women are far smarter than their Republican counterparts but the media didn't figure that in!