CNN's political ticker had a post late September 16 that said Lynn Forester de Rothschild, who serves on the Democratic National Committee's Platform Committee, is set to give a public endorsement to Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain.
CNN says the announcement will occur today, September 17, on Capitol Hill and near the Democratic National Committee's headquarters. An Associated Press article says Ms. Forester believes Obama "...is arrogant and has a problem connecting with average Americans."
CNN quotes a spokesman as saying that Forester will "campaign and help him [McCain] through the election."
CNN also labeled Ms. Forester as an avid Hillary Clinton supporter who has raised about $100,000 for the Senator. That, along with the bitterness and lack of loyalty to Obama among Hillary supporters, when combined with Senator Clinton's lack of aggressiveness in going after Republican vice-presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, and Senator Clinton's "full fall schedule" that limits her ability to seriously campaign for the Democratic nominee, makes me wonder whether or not Mrs. Clinton is secretly hoping for an Obama loss in November.
Think about it for a minute. If Obama loses to John McCain, then Senator Clinton is in perfect position to run for president in 2012. There certainly hasn't been a warm, fuzzy vibe coming from the Clinton-Obama relationship, and it is not out of the realm of possibilities that Senator Clinton would do the bare minimum needed to keep herself in the good graces of the Democratic Party. After all, no one can really fault her for being a bit bitter.
Many believed Senator Clinton was going to be the nominee, and that she would quickly dispose of the challenger from Illinois. But Obama proved more than capable of taking on the vaunted Clinton political machine in a primary campaign that had its ugly moments. Now, Senator Clinton may see a political opportunity in Obama's tightening presidential race with John McCain.
If Obama wins, however, Senator Clinton's presidential hopes are probably finished. That is, of course, unless something disastrous happens during Obama's first term, in which case she could theoretically make the argument that she is better suited to lead than the incumbent President. Still, it is probably better for Senator Clinton's White House aspirations if Obama were to lose this time around, instead of having to deal with the prospect of running against a sitting president from her own party.
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What you really mean is you just can't see how a true Democrat can't vote Democrat.......
A poll today, at AOL, says McCain will win the election:
Poll Results
Who do you think will ultimately win the election?
McCain, by a slim margin 38% 91,755
Obama, by a slim margin 29% 70,103
McCain, by a big margin 15% 36,978
Obama, by a big margin 12% 28,997
I'm not sure 6% 11,526
Note on Poll Results
Total Votes: 239,359
People are free to endorse who they want this is a free country.
Dan its not that Dems dont have rich friends...of course they do what you are missing is that the REpubs rich friends also control the banks and insurance companies and Wall Street basically...the dems have like Barbara Streisand and celebrity type rich.
And Cheneys daughter is a democrat.
I dont see much of a point. This is one persons opinion and if you are willing to base your existance on the opinions of others read a self help book.
Are we going to decide this election on friends or issues?
I have a rich Jewish friend so what? He is a banker well he owns several banks. And one of the guys I used to date years ago his dad was campaign manager for Reagan. And I stepped on Lowell Junkin's foot at a fundraiser about 20 years ago..I said sorry cause I had heals on and almost broke a bone in his foot we have been buds since. And I grew up half my life with my neighbor Chuch Grassley Iowa Senator his daughters used to babysit me...he is a good friend of my families.
My point is...doesnt matter.
What if Cindy McCain voted for Obama?
And Ed Koch a republican and former Mayor of NY is voting for Obama.
Point?
Again do we want to base electing a president on this or the issues?
But I really think they got that rep because the Dems are average person supporters and believe in benefit and entitlement programs and the repubs believe in businesses.
And John McCains wife Cindys money comes from alcohol.
I really dont think the Rothchilds of today or Hillary or Obama or McCain support mass extinction of the Jews.
Nor do I think any of them are reincarnated Hitler.
And again I dont care. If this Rothchild chick wants to throw me $5 million and make me middle class I would be her best friend for life.
"In September 1977 Edward Koch entered a seven person Democratic primary seeking the mayoral nomination from which he emerged as the winner, beating chief challenger Mario Cuomo."
"The dirty politics campaign embittered relations between these two leading New York democrats...."
"Koch was reelected mayor in 1981 as a candidate of both the Democratic and Republican parties. Persuaded by New York Post publisher Rupert Murdoch and his own upward ambitions, Koch entered the 1982 Democratic primary for governor and again faced his bitter rival, Mario Cuomo."
Again point?
CEO of EL Rothschild, a holding company with businesses around the world. She is married to international banker Sir Evelyn de Rothschild.
How many houses does a common person own.
That would be none - now.
She offered no basis for that opinion, but I think it may, perhaps, be because, Obama won't kiss her royal a$$, and is going with some of his own ideas, and plans, as opposed to her royal hinienesses platform plans.
She has apparently been very involved with the Democratic Party for awhile, and has never come out and revealed herself, before, openly endorsing a candidate, at all, but NOW, because, SHE LOVES THIS COUNTRY, TOO MUCH, she suddenly slithers out of the shadows to publically announce her support of McCain, cause Obama is full of himself?
This could be what the Democratic Party might have needed all this time. To be exorcised of shadow creatures like her. Maybe that's one of the reasons that The Dems have had so few wins, all these years. People like her fiddling with the party platform. The Republicans are welcome to her. May God have mercy on their souls.
She seems on the creey side to me.