I know.  I know.  Hillary would have been, as well.  That's the way the system works.  And, it's why I've believed for months we need a truly open convention.

Clinton supporters won't be satisfied unless they believe Obama earned this nomination, rather than had it handed to him by the DNC.  Many believe she was forced to concede and had no choice but to be a good soldier and support the annointed one.  

The chances of having an open convention are slim to none.  So, the chances of Clinton supporters "getting over it" are slim to none as well.  

But as you note, the Obama campaign had done practically zero to attract Clinton supporters who have problems with Obama (other than make the 2$ less evil argument ad naseum).  

But these Clinton supporters are not the only people who have questions about Obama -- and writing off these Clintonites as 'dead-enders' is also writing off the voters who share the same concerns of the Clinton supporters.

It is as if he hurt you personally

I know it was hard for me to see Clinton lose

What I find interesting is the attempt to establish some sort of 'Clinton' connection with BTD, and pushing the cult riffs -- come join us, you'll never be without friends again!

If this person had actually ever read any of BTD's posts, they'd know that the way to his heart was talking about issues, not cueing the siren song of
popularity.

For someone supposedly media savvy, the narrative has been markedly bad.  

June 20 -  According to Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Obama then said, "However, I need to make a decision in the next few months as to how I manage that since I'm running against John McCain, which takes a lot of time. If women take a moment to realize that on every issue important to women, John McCain is not in their corner, that would help them get over it."

Rep. Diane Watson, D-Calif., a longtime Clinton supporter, did not like those last three words --"Get over it." She found them dismissive, off-putting.

Congressional Black Caucus meeting

Then you had the spate of articles about the unwillingness of each group to fundraise for each other, each with their own rationalizations.  The Patti Solis Doyle hiring.  And since the Unity Event, Hillary was given little to do for his campaign.  To say she was too busy fundraising for herself is IMO B.S.

And they thought people weren't going to notice this attitude?  Obama has done very, very little to integrate his campaign with the Clinton campaign.  He hasn't promised to carry her torch the way he even insisted he would do for Elizabeth Edwards.

And additionally, what I love, is that Hillary supporters are chided for being irrational, or wanting catharsis, or whatnot, for having feelings and attachments, while Obama supporters are comfortable talking about their many feelings and emotions being involved with his campaign, being touched by his speeches, etc. etc.  

Obama's a lawyer.

He even said, her voters will vote for me, but I doubt the reverse.

And Michelle just wasn't sure she could support Hillary, if Hillary was the nominee because of her "tone".

Obama has not delivered the goods from the beginning.

You labeled us racists and bitter and all sorts of vile labels.

Reap what you sow.  

He hasn't tried.  Now we're told that he is not going to try.  Hmmm.  It must be, then, that it's because he is going to take even more positions that are opposed to those that got us voting for Clinton.

Second, this is a false dichotomy.  What campaign puts all their eggs in one iffy voter registration drive basket?  Clue for the clueless: by all means, GOTV like crazy.  That's a good thing.  But there's no reason to frame it as a zero sum game.  Go for the Clinton vote too.

How?  Do one freaking thing to reach out to Clinton voters that does not include grinding them into subservience or require humiliation first.

Look...the polls are showing he only gets 75% of the DEMOCRATIC vote.  75%?  That is PATHETIC.  If he can't win his base, stick a fork in him...he's done.  And by his base I mean lifelong Democrats who have NEVER considered not voting for the nominee...OK, maybe a few voted for Anderson or did a writein...very few of the base.

PUMAS, much as they wish they were, are not the remaining 25%...nowhere near...but the number is GROWING and there is a huge gap there, of Democrats who haven't committed to Obama - or anyone else - who are watching and waiting.  For what?  For evidence that this guy has a clue!

Shortest, straightest route to those voters is naming Clinton his VP.

You'd have to be blind, stupid or a sexist/CDS victim not to see it.

This convention will be an IQ test...of Obama's political IQ.  It will win him or lose him hundreds of thousands of votes - perhaps millions - in one week.

Nobody owns my vote. I am the only person who decides who will get it.

Just because I am in your party does not mean you have any hold over an hour of my life to go out the pooling place, stand in line and X your name. I might support you, I might give money, but you cant compel me to vote for you.

But he didn't.  And in fact his team has continued a smear campaign toward Hillary and her supporters.  It's not that he failed at unifying and mending fences, he did not try and in fact his team has gone out of his way to alienate.  

I started out as an Clinton and/or Edwards as first choice but confident I could support any dem nominated.  It was the Obama bloggers and campaigners who alienated me.  At one point I swore I would vote for whoever the dems nominated.  Thanks to the arroagance of Obama campaigners and bloggers and the campaign's teams need to trash anything Clinton for the first time in my life I may not vote at all.

I think that this is a negotiation that Obama folks may not like being forced to enter, but I think that if they let their egos get the best of them they have no right to the nomination.  

I will add that if that roll call vote goes the wrong way - against Obama - then it will be the Obama's campaign's fault and the fault of his supporters for not being very graceful winners.  

I was never in either one's camp and frankly as a person who saw their candidate hopes dashed early on, it is difficult for me not to say to everybody on both sides of this issue "Grow the f up and try and figure out a truce."  

Sorry - I am getting tired of the whining from both sides - no make that exasperated - I was tired in April.

but now what does the writer assume of the other 90%

And for people who supported Hillary because of her dedication to certain issues such as UHC (as opposed to the far more dubious UHC "access") he has shown zero desire to make us feel like he shares our concerns.

To me it's no longer about Hillary. It's about Obama, and what his willingness to brush off those within his own party who preferred another candidate says about his character and his ability to lead the country even if he does manage to eke out a victory in the GE.

Are Kucinich or Gravel speaking at the convention?

reminds me of bush not setting a timeline or committing to redeploy from Iraq no matter what 80% of the American people think. Just what we need another egotist willing to thumb his nose to the will of the people. Whatever happened to the notion that politicians work for the voters?

He's always been in the center.

But there's a great many Clinton supporters sitting in the Undecided/may not vote column.  
There are LOTS of them.  Unless of course, you'd like to cede all of the Clinton voters who haven't moved over to Obama yet to PUMA (which I'd be happy to do but I don't think their numbers are quite that high, yet).

They could be reached out to.  I am not one of them, but there are plenty right here at TL, so I'm guessing there's more out there to be influenced.

But messaging like 'get over it', 'you're just an overly emotional grieving girl, ewww', and 'shut the eff up and send money' is not reaching out.  Throwing temper tantrums that Clinton supporters won't hand over a blank check is not reaching out.  This is not reaching out:

I must confess a bit of fatigue and irritation with people who continue to carp, complain, and criticize the results of the primary and lay down conditions for their support.

Any fence-sitting Clinton supporters is not going to be moved by Don Fowler's 'fatigue', not should they be.

The e-mail bashes me for not cheerleading for Obama, rhetorically asking if Obama killed my puppy (actually addressing anything I have written seemed impossible) and then out of the blue, talked about how NOT getting Clinton supporters was not important  since Obama's supporters are so great at organizing.