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Kovner: Democratic Fight Is Over, On to the Main Event

Kovner: Democratic Fight Is Over, On to the Main Event
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I just spoke to Sarah Kovner, a longstanding Clinton ally who attended a fund-raiser for Barack Obama last night.

Kovner said she had not yet made a contribution to the Obama campaign, but she added, "I certainly will, as will everyone I know."

Kovner, who said she had mostly focused her energies on Senate and Congressional races this year, is not ambiguous about her reasons for supporting Obama.

"Obama's the candidate," she said. "I'm a Democrat and I have been a Democrat for a long time and I want to win in November and I don't want to continue a fight that isn't a fight anymore. And David Axelrod is somebody I have known for a long time and I wanted to hear what he had to say."

(Axelrod was the featured speaker at last night's fund-raiser.)

Kovner, who helped run Eugene McCarthy's campaign in 1968 with Harold Ickes, said she was impressed with the 50-state strategy Axelrod laid out.

"I think the party should settle on its nominee by the rules that it made and we should get on with it and take on McCain, who would be a total disaster for the country. I mean, he is worse than a continuation of George Bush if that is even possible. We just can't afford that."

"I'm very, very conscious of that," she said. "And I am very anxious to get onto the main event."

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swindon (not verified) says:

A true Democrat. God bless SK!

GERALDINE FERRARO ENDORSES OBAMA .... (not verified) says:

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All will know it's over when GERALDINE FERRARO crawls out from under Hillary's Campaign Bus and ENDORSES OBAMA.

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Anonymous (not verified) says:

Sara and Victor Kovner are the coolest! Yeah Democrats...

Jeugenen (not verified) says:

REAGAN CONSERVATIVES AND KENNEDY LIBERALS JOIN FORCES

In this wonderful presidential battle of the American Cultural War, Reagan Conservatives and Kennedy Liberals are joining forces to fight for their sacred Christian culture and American Constitution, against the combined crypto-Neo-Marxist forces of the Podhoretz Neo-Conservatives and Leiberman Neo-Liberals, by supporting Liberal Obama against Neo-Liberal Princess Hillary and Neo-Conservative Insane McCain.

The World is watching and cheering for Obama. It is the Dawn of the American Reformation that will end of the Era of the Ugly American Neo-Con/Neo-Lib military interventionist governments.

Jeugenen (not verified) says:

REAGAN CONSERVATIVES AND KENNEDY LIBERALS JOIN FORCES

In this wonderful presidential battle of the American Cultural War, Reagan Conservatives and Kennedy Liberals are joining forces to fight for their sacred Christian culture and American Constitution, against the combined crypto-Neo-Marxist forces of the Podhoretz Neo-Conservatives and Leiberman Neo-Liberals, by supporting Liberal Obama against Neo-Liberal Princess Hillary and Neo-Conservative Insane McCain.

The World is watching and cheering for Obama. It is the Dawn of the American Reformation that will end of the Era of the Ugly American Neo-Con/Neo-Lib military interventionist governments.

Anonymous (not verified) says:

Sarah Kovner is a traitor.
Screw her.
We all have long memories in the DEM party.

Barb (not verified) says:

The above comment from anonymous is why Senator Clinton and Harold Ickes have to stop the false personal attacks on Senator Obama. Washington insiders like Ms. Kovner can separate their passion for their candidate and their disappointment if she isn't nominated from their love of the party and seeing that America moves forward, but Hillary's voters are too caught up in taking things so personally they can't see the forest througth the trees. I too was very disappointed that my candidate, John Edwards did not win but I didn't take my anger out on Hillary or Barack. I chose another candidate and moved on. I'm reserving my fighting spirit for the person who deserves it - John McCain.

LiberalismEquals911 (not verified) says:

I love it.
She backed McCarthy!
If that doesn't say it all about the Democrats, nothing does.
Drink the Kool-aid, my children.
Obama will win, but you are going to pay the price.

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