Why angry women will not vote for McCain

...[John McCain] "I have stated time after time after time that Roe v Wade was a bad decision, that I support a woman — the rights of the unborn — that I have fought for human rights and human dignity throughout my entire political career," McCain said. "To me, it's an issue of human rights and human dignity."

And while now former candidate Fred Thompson, the former senator from Tennessee, won the coveted endorsement from the National Right to Life Committee, McCain's voting record on the issue is just fine, says David O'Steen, the group's executive director.

"He's been very consistent; he hasn't changed his position," O'Steen says. He says that his group has supported McCain in every one of his senate races. "We've always considered him pro-life," he says.

Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, says her group has always considered McCain pro-life as well. And it's not just abortion, she says.

"He voted against family planning, he voted against the freedom of access to clinic entrances — that was about violence against women in clinics," Keenan says, adding, "He voted against funding for teen pregnancy-prevention programs, and making sure that abstinence only was medically accurate. This is very, very extreme."[continued]

Clinton as VP.

Clinton supporters have made it clear they will not vote for Obama and Obama supporters have made it clear they won't vote for Clinton.

I know that right now a lot of women are very angry and feel that the nomination has been stolen from Hillary. And many people are worried that Hillary supporters may not show up for Obama in November.

Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain's hair and said, "You're getting a little thin up there." McCain's face reddened, and he responded, "At least I don't plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you c*nt." McCain's excuse was that it had been a long day.

"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno."

Clinton just stated that she would accept the VP spot [if offered]. Presumably this is within the assumed context that she doesn't pull off a miracle today.

If it takes Hillary to keep McCain out, I'm all for it. And Obama is smart enough to know that this call has to be made by the numbers.

But a Clinton on the ticket may be all it needs to energize the Republican base to show up in numbers.

The Reps are not going for McCain in huge numbers - they are mostly quite cool about him, and RL continues to denounce McCain. But a Clinton on the ticket may be all it needs to energize the Republican base to show up in numbers.