{"id":1851,"date":"2008-06-11T06:05:50","date_gmt":"2008-06-11T10:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2008-06-11T07:02:19","modified_gmt":"2008-06-11T11:02:19","slug":"disunity-among-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=1851","title":{"rendered":"Disunity among Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire<\/a>, not all Democrats are as crazy for Obama as they’d like us to think;<\/p>\n

House and Senate Democratic leaders today in Washington D.C., pledged the party\u2019s unified support behind their nominee, Barack Obama, but their calls for unity were undermined by defections in the ranks.<\/p>\n

Democratic Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, a top backer and ally of Sen. Hillary Clinton, definitively ruled out the possibility of joining Obama on the ticket. The Illinois senator hasn\u2019t tipped his hand in regards to his prospective list, but Strickland has been viewed as vice-presidential material. \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d he told NPR\u2019s All Things Considered. \u201cIf drafted I will not run, nominated I will not accept and if elected I will not serve. So, I don\u2019t know how more crystal clear I can be.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Oklahoma Democratic Rep. Dan Boren similarly voiced dissatisfaction with Obama today. \u201cOur nominee is not my first choice,\u201d he said, calling Obama \u201cthe most liberal senator in the U.S. Senate,\u201d according to the Associated Press. Boren has declined to formally endorse Obama, calling it a moot point. In April, Boren\u2019s father, former Sen. David Boren, however did endorse Obama.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s good to see that there are still some principled Democrats around. Of course, if there was even one Republican that was vocal about his\/her lack of support for McCain, the press would be quoting him every half hour. Look how often we hear about some of the more noteworthy bloggers who’ve not been solid McCainiacs.<\/p>\n

But, I expect further defections from the Democrats as Obama becomes more of a liability to incumbent Democrats from the South and the West where those “conservative” Democrats won last midterms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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