A Unified Democratic Party?

Look at this footnote :

…Neither Obama’s unfavorables among Clinton voters (now 30%) nor Clinton’s unfavorables among Obama voters (now 31%) have been rising noticeably . So it looks as if (so far) the bitterness of the battle is largely restricted to the political junkies who read and write blogs.

It’s easy to overlook that Obama and Hillary have pretty much the same position on pretty much everything. And despite some media narratives, neither of them has attacked the other very hard at all. Come the general election, you’ll find the whole party unified behind their candidate, whichever one it is. There is no doubt that the Democrats are energized for the 2008 election.

By contrast, although McCain has a lot of support, there are huge wings of the party that hate his guts, and the Republicans seem to be tearing themselves apart searching for the anointed one.

Ann Coulter has said she’ll vote for Hillary over McCain, Ann Coulter!
Rush Limbaugh has said he’ll vote for a Democrat over McCain, Rush Limbaugh!

The GOP has a better media machine than the Democrats, but will they be unified enough to use it? Will they have already gnawed off their own foot?

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