Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Giving Hillary Supporters Room to Grieve

perspective from a former deaniac:
dailykos: So while I think the women threatening to vote for John McCain need to stop and think and get some perspective, and while I hope the super delegates stop this thing before Denver, and while I'm all for Obama at this point (and have been since Edwards dropped out) I think we need to cut these women some slack.

They are grieving. They have until November to work through this. Telling them to get over it and "fall in line" right not isn't productive and isn't compassionate. The super delegates need to "fall in line" this week, the voters can take some more time to grieve. It would help if there candidate is as gracious as mine was in dropping out, but if she isn't then we need to be a little more patient with her followers. Wait until after the convention to start working on them. Even then take it gently.