Posted by Jed Lewison on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 7:22 AM Pacific

Yes, the Republiclintons will be voting for John McCain

In his National Journal column, Mark Blumenthal reports some very interesting numbers on the Republicans who supported Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's Mississippi primary. (Since that's such a mouthful, I'm going to start calling them "Republiclintons".)

Blumenthal, who got his hands on exit poll cross-tabs, found that 85% of Republiclintons had a favorable view of John McCain. 58% had a strongly favorable view.

72% of Republiclintons said Clinton was not "honest and trustworthy." 62% said she does not inspire them, 56% said she has not offered clear and detailed plans, and even 41% of them would be dissatisfied if she were to win the Democratic nomination (!).

These numbers indicate most Republiclintons won't be voting for her in November -- they'll be casting their ballots for John McCain.

Obviously, Republiclintons are not the kind of voters we want picking our Democratic nominee. If they are not going to be with us in November, they have no business being with us now.

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Blumenthal also presents numbers that challenge the knee-jerk assumption that these Republiclintons were simply heeding Rush Limbaugh's call to screw up the Democratic Party's nomination process.

Based on Blumenthal's numbers it seems that many Republiclintons were at least as motivated to stop Barack Obama as they were to wreak havoc on our primary process. As Blumenthal's numbers show, Republiclintons have a very negative view of Barack Obama.

+ 91 percent said Clinton is more qualified to be commander in chief; only 3 percent said Obama is more qualified.
+ 94 percent said Obama does not inspire them "about the future of the country."
+ 89 percent would be dissatisfied if Obama were the Democratic nominee.
+ 86 percent said Obama is not "honest and trustworthy."
+ 86 percent said Obama has not "offered clear and detailed plans to solve the country's problems."
+ 82 percent said Clinton should not pick Obama to be her running mate if she is the nominee.

It's important to note that even if many or most Republiclintons were motived by a sincere desire to stop Barack Obama, the fact that their desire was sincere has no bearing on the central issue.

That issue?

John McCain's supporters should not be choosing who the Democratic Party nominates for the presidency -- and it's time that the Democratic Party leadership step up to the plate to prevent that from happening.

Yes, the Republiclintons will be voting for John McCain

In his National Journal column, Mark Blumenthal reports some very interesting numbers on the Republicans who supported Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's Mississippi primary. (Since that's such a mouthful, I'm going to start calling them "Republiclintons".)

Blumenthal, who got his hands on exit poll cross-tabs, found that 85% of Republiclintons had a favorable view of John McCain. 58% had a strongly favorable view.

72% of Republiclintons said Clinton was not "honest and trustworthy." 62% said she does not inspire them, 56% said she has not offered clear and detailed plans, and even 41% of them would be dissatisfied if she were to win the Democratic nomination (!).

These numbers indicate most Republiclintons won't be voting for her in November -- they'll be casting their ballots for John McCain.

Obviously, Republiclintons are not the kind of voters we want picking our Democratic nominee. If they are not going to be with us in November, they have no business being with us now.

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