MINNEAPOLIS -- A Democratic National Convention delegate for Hillary Clinton said Thursday that the convention speech delivered by Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) would not be influencing Clinton loyalists to vote for GOP nominee John McCain.

 “John McCain’s Vice Presidential pick is going to have only one affect on Clinton loyalists. It reinforces our support for Barack Obama,” said Mary Botkin, senior political coordinator for Oregon’s American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

Many Clinton supporters had hoped they would see the first woman in the White House, but Clinton lost the primary to eventual nominee, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). While Palin is the first woman nominated for the vice presidency by the Republican Party, Botkin said that having a woman on the ticker was not enough for Hillary supporters to justify a switch to the GOP.

“I’m insulted that John McCain thinks a woman who supports George Bush’s disastrous economic policies and has zero foreign policy experience is a stand in for Hillary Clinton,” Botkin said. “His choice is an insult to Hillary Clinton, her supporters and everything we value. It’s a desperate political pander that is already sinking his campaign.”