Some Democrats Aren't Slurping the Obama Kool-Aid

Yes, folks, there are some Democrats out there that aren't jumping on board the Obama bus. Probably because most associates wind up underneath it.

Seems the media is beginning to notice there are some lawmakers out there who aren't eager to align themselves with the radical lightweight.

Nothing personal, Sen. Obama, but our re-election comes first. Barack Obama, for all his attention and primary successes, does not go over so well in a fair number of Democratic lawmakers' home districts. So it seems there is little chance that some will endorse him for president.

Some are counting on Republican votes in their re-election bids. Some are newly minted and in rematches with 2006 opponents. Some may be wary of how their constituents will react to a black presidential candidate. Some, too, have made it a practice of distancing themselves from the national party, fearing the inevitable campaign ad that has their face morphing into Howard Dean, the party chairman, and Obama.

Rep. Dan Boren, the only congressional Democrat in Oklahoma, calls Obama "the most liberal senator" in Congress and says he has no plans to make a public endorsement.

"We're much more conservative" in eastern Oklahoma, Boren said. "I've got to reflect my district."

Georgia Rep. Jim Marshall, a Democrat and Vietnam veteran who won his last election by about 1,800 votes, said he admires both Obama and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., but feels no obligation to state a preference.

"If it turns out one of them is an ax murderer or something like that I'll make a choice," he joked. Otherwise, "I don't think I need to get involved."

Naturally the story has to include a couple of wayward Republicans, if you can even call them that. Guess who they dredge up?

Because McCain secured the party nomination much earlier in the campaign season, Republicans have not been pressed about their endorsements like Democrats have. But only a handful have publicly withheld their support for him. That includes Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, who long has bucked the party hierarchy, and Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who is running his own presidential campaign.

Chuck Hagel and Ron Paul.

Yawn.

Meanwhile, a recent poll shows 17% of Clinton supporters may be voting for McCain.

Those numbers present problems for Obama. Sure, McCain doesn't have 100% of the GOP vote wrapped up, but I doubt after Obama is completely exposed as a fraud many Republicans will be voting for him.

the antipathy toward Obama by many female Clinton supporters is not going to dissipate. They're angry and Obama has a serious problems on his hands winning them back.