August 23, 2008 - 16:00
News: Maine

Clinton supporters say Biden pick leaves party divided

Many Clinton supporters in Maine are now enthusiastically supporting Obama. Some, however, are more hesitant to switch over.

Two of Maine's Hillary Clinton supporters are disappointed in Barack Obama’s vice presidential pick, and said it leaves them pondering what to do when Nov. 4 rolls around.

Penny Snow of South Portland and Carol Schiller of Portland were both prominent members of Team Hillary Maine, a group who worked to promote Sen. Clinton in the state.

Snow is a delegate to the Democratic National Convention and said she has been actively involved in making sure a roll call vote takes place for Clinton in Denver, something the Obama campaign has agreed to.

Both women said they respect Joe Biden, but had hoped Hillary Clinton would be tapped for the job.

“My first thought was ‘why pick someone who got 629 votes instead of 18 million’,” Snow said. “I really like Joe Biden, but I think choosing Hillary would have united the party instantly and clinched the election.”

Snow said she isn’t sure what she’ll do in November – she’ll have a hard time voting for Obama.

Schiller said she’ll probably write in Clinton’s name.

“It doesn’t speak well for someone who built a platform on change to select someone who’s pretty predictable,” Schiller said.

Schiller wishes he would listen to the 18 million voters who supported Clinton.

“If he can’t hear (them) and respond, I can’t support him,” she said.

Earlier today, L. Sandy Maisel, a Colby College political science professor and former Democratic Congressional candidate, said that the notion of disenfranchised Clinton supporters was a creation of the media. Snow said that it’s a reality, and about half of Clinton’s primary voters are disenfranchised to some degree.

She claims Obama mistreated Clinton by discounting Michigan and Florida and painting the Clintons as racist. She said there was a tremendous media bias against Clinton.

“My gut feeling was if Hillary Clinton were a man she would have been offered (the vice presidency) a long time ago,” Snow said.

Jessica Alaimo is a PolitickerME.com Reporter and can be reached via email at noreply@politicker.com.

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