Today’s the big day, the coda on the Democratic primary season. If you want to watch it online, here are some links to sites where it will be streamed live:
NPR (audio only) — You must click on the link for either media player or one of the alternate formats they offer)
Supposedly, Senator Clinton will officially “endorse Obama” and request her supporters to unite behind the presumptive candidate.
“She’ll say the stakes are high in this election and it’s imperative that the party come together behind Obama and to put a Democrat in the White House,” said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to candidly discuss the speech. […]
A CNN poll released Friday shows that the party is divided after a primary season that stretched over nearly 18 months and 57 contests.
Sixty percent of Clinton supporters said they would vote for Obama, but 17 percent said they would vote for Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee and Obama’s rival in the general election. Nearly one-quarter, 22 percent, said they would not vote at all if Clinton were not the Democrats’ nominee.
A troubling poll, even with a margin of error of + or – 7.5%. What Senator Clinton say, and even more importantly the tone in which she says it, may be critical to easing these anti-Obama Clinton supporters to rally behind him, rather than sit out the election or vote for McCain.
This will be an open thread for discussion of all the pre-speech foofahrah, the speech itself and whatever stupid shit detailed analysis the media presents regarding the speech and it’s impact after the event concludes.
