good, the remainder of the Dixiecrats will be gone from the party, how is this a bad thing?

Actually not. The United States has a population of 300 MILLION. Less then 20% of the population voted in the primaries. That's why Obama is launching a massive voter registration drive.

"She said she doesn't like Obama's name and thinks he has a questionable background. She also said she thought Obama was deceitful when he broke from his church after it hurt his campaign, and she doesn't trust him to handle the Iraq war.

"It sounds to me like a Middle Eastern type of name and whether or not he's born here in the United States, he doesn't seem like, to me, somebody who is trustworthy," Hartle said in a telephone interview. "You can't trust anybody these days, so who's to say he's not a terrorist and we just don't realize it yet?"

These are teh Clinton supporters. good riddance.

When asked an open-ended question about the first words that come to mind about Obama, some former Clinton supporters used words like Muslim or terrorist. Those misconceptions have been fueled by Internet rumors that point out his name is Barack Hussein Obama but otherwise lie about his background.

"I refuse to vote for an Arab to be in my White House," said retired salesman Dean Johnson of Lanett, Ala. "That is the only factor. Otherwise, you couldn't break both my legs and make me vote for a Republican."

good riddance

"I refuse to vote for an Arab to be in my White House," said retired salesman Dean Johnson of Lanett, Ala. "That is the only factor. Otherwise, you couldn't break both my legs and make me vote for a Republican."

Engels is baaaaaaaaaaaack!

Post tip jar please si I can mojo.

Shame rec!

This is fantastic.  I take a week off, and my favorite PUMA Engels comes with the comedy.  Thanks, I needed that.

Many estimate = some argue = unsubstantiated BS.  

And, as always, thanks for your concern!

Yeah, I agree with the other posters, and it's just terrific an "Obama Brother in Arms" like Engels is spreading the joyous news.

Glad these idiots are gone, they are natural born Republics anyway.

Culling the heard of these bitter dead-enders, loosers and PUMAS is Gods work IMO!

Thanks for bringing us this great info, Engels!

many estimate that McCain needs just 10% of Clinton supporters to win in November

Several postulate that McCain needs just three of the rings of power to take control of the moon. Several.

The vast majority of the polls lately shows that the Dems are uniting.

Give em time.

These were repubs posing as democrats voting for Hillary to try to knock Obama out.  These voters never planned to vote for Hillary in the GE.

23% of Clinton's backers amounts to approx. 5% of the electorate.  Kerry lost approx. 12% of Dems to Bush in 2004.  This is old wine in a new bottle.  Current polls take all of this into account (and what they show, btw, is that McCain's problem holding onto Republicans is just as large as Obama's problems holding onto Dems).

We thank you for this data.

you is a gem, engels. a gem.

Engels, you have filled the void left by luminaries such as Fleaflicker and Michael Begala.

After all, he is an avoid socialist backing McCain?

That's kind of like being a Nirvana fan, and deciding you're only going to listen to Shania Twain Cd's from here on out.

He's a trooper, I admire his grit!

The poll suggests time is beginning to heal some rifts from the primary campaign and that the New York senator's endorsement of Obama carried weight

The poll found 53 percent of the Democrats who favored Clinton for the nomination two months ago now back Obama for president. That's an improvement from April, when only 40 percent of Clinton supporters said they would back Obama over McCain.

"It wasn't a difficult decision � I was a lifelong Democrat," said 55-year-old Susan Gates of Massachusetts, a former Clinton backer now firmly in Obama's camp.

Gregory Scheetz, 56, of Barstow, Calif., said he wanted Clinton to win because of her experience, her intelligence and because it's time to have a woman in the White House. But he said he moved to Obama after Clinton endorsed him on June 7, even though he's a registered Republican.

"I feel that he can bring change," he said. "There's people in our country that I see need help."

Why is this racist, deadender, antiDemocrat MORAN allowed back on here?  Where are the bouncers?!

blah.....sorry just one

OMGZ!!!1!!!1!!!
OMGZ!!!1!!!1!!!
OMGZ!!!1!!!1!!!

Thank God you told us about this!

THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR HILLARY CLINTON!

Today's projections, for anyone who's paying attention:

From Five Thirty Eight:

From electoral-vote.com:
Obama 317   McCain 194   Ties 27

From Real Clear Politics:
Obama: 317
McCain: 221

I think engles inadvertently stumbled upon a great idea.  The name PUMA is a bit cheesy, and all the ads I've seen use a video from the 1970's of a puma snarling.  His "unite my ass" comment spurred a moment of genius.  I present to you:

UMA: Unite My Ass

Instead of having to resort to old nature videos for your advertisements, you could use Uma Thurman as a mascot.  You'd have plenty of source material, from Pulp Fiction to My Super Ex-Girlfriend to The Truth About Cats & Dogs.  It's a veritable goldmine!

[*] If any profit is to be had in this venture, I want 5%.

Pleze put them in here. Tankz You. I needs it.

Let's play math-

The average of the RAM polls of late show 81% of Democrats supporting Obama (better than Kerry at this time).

However- if 47% of Clinton supporters support Obama... and Clinton got about 45% of the Democrats during the primary...

Then doesn't that mean that about 30% of Clinton's supporters in the Democratic primary WEREN'T Democrats?

Seriously, thank you for bringing this to our attention. Now we are scared shitless and we're so sorry we doubted you guys. We wish we'd supported Hillary instead of Obama.

Does that do it for you? Now maybe you can just go back and continue plotting against him without letting us know?

In two months, support for Obama from Hillary supporters rose 13% from 40% to 53%.

There engels, I fixed it for you.

vote for McCain, that's about 11% of Democrats.

I'll take that.

Look - McCain will lose, because it doesn't even appear he's campaigning. Just as many Republicans will not vote McCain as Democrats not voting Obama.

"I want her campaigning as much as she can," Obama told reporters Wednesday. "She was a terrific campaigner. She, I think, inspired millions of people, and so she can be an extraordinarily effective surrogate for me and the values and ideals we share as Democrats."

Hi engels.

53% of Clinton supporters currently supporting Obama is not the same as proof that only 53% will support him. And that 10% number for McCain is only if he holds his base, which he isn't doing.

   Here we go again. I reiterate my point that PUMA is full of pathetic, shit for brains morons. The party does not revolve around them, and their power to do anything other than whine and bitch is limited at best.

  I don't care if some Hillary supporters, those who believe Obama is a terrorist for example, vote for him or not. I could care less. I've blown more intelligent life into a napkin every time I sneeze.

  Nothing to see here. Move on.

LOL 10 recs and its on the list.

39% of McCain supporters said they would not vote for Bush in OCTOBER 2000.

So... anyway. 1/2 of 1/2 of Dem primary voters currently say they will not vote for the presumptive nominee. That is 1/4 of the primary voters. If you extrapolate out that and assume 1/2 of the total Dem votes to be cast are reflected in the primary (based on 2004 data) then that means 1/8 of likely total Dem voters will not vote for the nominee, or 12.5%. That is perfectly consistent with any other election year (even a little better).

So, yeah this is pretty much a non story, thanks for trying to keep the primary bitterness alive. Now, fuck off already.

Please Untie My Ass

When are you guys going to change it to "Hillaryis45" ?

   why are Clinton supporters the "core of the party."

  You really think idiots like the person who proclaimed she won't vote for an Arab is the core of the party?

  Or the dumb fool who said Obama might be a terrorist?

  I don't want dipshits in my party. They can go. So can you for that matter.

The 53% is up from 40%, and they haven't even campaigned together yet.

More important, it also underscores the absurdity with some of these nut-jobs in their comments. "Who says he's not a terrorist."

Um.. yeah. That's someone who would have otherwise voted for him. Right?

This is an outrage. How dare you PUMA's come over here to rec this garbage.  Go away.