Prominent Clinton backer and DNC member to endorse McCain

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Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, will endorse John McCain for president on Wednesday, her spokesman tells CNN.

The announcement will take place at a news conference on Capitol Hill, just blocks away from the DNC headquarters. Forester will “campaign and help him through the election,” the spokesman said of her plans to help the Republican presidential nominee.

Forester was a major donor for Clinton earning her the title as a Hillraiser for helping to raise at least $100,000 for the New York Democratic senator’s failed presidential bid.

In an interview with CNN this summer, Forester did not hide her distaste for eventual Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

“This is a hard decision for me personally because frankly I don't like him,” she said of Obama in an interview with CNN’s Joe Johns. “I feel like he is an elitist. I feel like he has not given me reason to trust him.”

Forester is the CEO of EL Rothschild, a holding company with businesses around the world. She is married to international banker Sir Evelyn de Rothschild. Forester is a member of the DNC’s Democrats Abroad chapter and splits her time living in London and New York.
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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.co...nton-backer-and-dnc-member-to-endorse-mccain/

This follows a 20 poll point swing toward McCain by white female voters after Palin's arrival.

Of course no guarantee this is how the vote will turn out but it's looking ominous for Obama.

What was the "mature", "intelligent" and "enlightened" reason for him not picking Hilary for VP again?
 
A Rothschild calling another person an 'elitist' :D

Personally, I think that 'defections' are good as it shows that people are not just voting on party loyalty.
 
Certainly the ANC endorses Obama. So too fellow "hope and change" comrades ZanuPF :o
 
alanf85 said:
What was the "mature", "intelligent" and "enlightened" reason for him not picking Hilary for VP again?
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Because a loss in the election would be guaranteed. Hillary is a very polarising person.
 
Claymore said:
Because a loss in the election would be guaranteed. Hillary is a very polarising person.
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Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild certainly does know about being an elitist...she just called gun-toting Americans in some rural parts of PA "rednecks" which certainly won't endear her to Rethugs.

Back on Hillary, she's got way too many negatives that's why Barack didn't choose her from suspicious Arab donors to her husband's presidential library to shady business dealings that would've been dug up by the GOP like for an "October Suprise".
 
Claymore said:
Because a loss in the election would be guaranteed. Hillary is a very polarising person.
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and the gaffe prone motormouth Joe Biden isn't :eek:

Most pundits including Dems believe Hillary on the ticket would have sealed the deal. In fact Biden himself said Hilary had better qualifications and was the better choice. So not only does Obama's VP think he's to inexperienced to be pres but also thinks he got the choice for VP wrong :o


brixton tower said:
Back on Hillary, she's got way too many negatives that's why Barack didn't choose her from suspicious Arab donors to her husband's presidential library to shady business dealings that would've been dug up by the GOP like for an "October Suprise".
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Something Obama missed during the primaries. Hardly
 
brixton tower said:
Back on Hillary, she's got way too many negatives that's why Barack didn't choose her from suspicious Arab donors to her husband's presidential library to shady business dealings that would've been dug up by the GOP like for an "October Suprise".
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Barack didn't pick Hillary for personal reasons, not because she was not the best suited. 22 odd million people voted for her in the primaries, thats a lot of angry voters. The Obama supporters are likely to have voted for him in any case as they seem to be pretty dedicated.

One has to look at the economy story. The US probably had it's best years financially under Clinton. That would have been a big plus at this point in the election.

Again I will say it, the dems could have picked pretty much anyone as their candidate and won it, yet they picked probably the only person who would lose. His biggest supporter base (blacks and youth) are already dems and he is alienating a large portion of the dem base because he did not pick Clinton.
 
alanf85 said:
and the gaffe prone motormouth Joe Biden isn't :eek:
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Yep. He may make the occasional gaffe (maybe not on McCain's scale though), but he's not a polariser. I would have supported Hillary (I think her science policies were the best of all the candidates), but she pisses a lot of people off.
 
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