There are different strains to the support for U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton.
There are the PUMAs, who say they want to deny Barack Obama the presidency. And there are the men and women involved with 18 Million Voices, which set up in Confluence Park.
Monday at the park, with Hillary for president flags planted in the ground and a string band playing classical music, Elizabeth Fiechter, a New York attorney who is national co-chair of the group, said that her group was not affiliated with the PUMAs.
She said she was a volunteer in the first Clinton campaign, in 1992, "the first year I could vote.
"I got swept up in it. I became a true believer."
She said that the Clintons were able to "kick ass and make change."
"When Bill Clinton was in office he made great changes, all for the better," Fiechter said.
"Hillary will do that," she started to say, and then seemed as though she caught herself, and said, "she is doing that as our senator."
Will she vote for Obama?
"Ask me who I'm going to vote for when we have the general election," she said, adding that "I will not vote Republican."
There was some confusion about if and when Hilary would release her delegates. Although the AP reported Monday that Hillary would release her delegates before the roll call vote, Fiechter said, "that's not what we're hearing." She said it would happen after roll call, and that roll call was scheduled for the morning. "The press might have it wrong," she said, although she admitted things were fluid and nobody really knew for sure.
Early Tuesday, the AP reported that "the Clinton and Obama camps agreed to limit Wednesday's divisive nominating process for president, allowing some states to cast votes for both Obama and Clinton before ending the roll call in an acclamation for the Illinois senator.
"In one scenario, Clinton herself would cut off the voting and urge the unanimous nomination of Obama, according to Democratic officials involved in the negotiations."
Today, a series of events will mark the support for Clinton, as well as the 88th anniversary of women's suffrage. A march Downtown will end in Cheesman Park, where video screens will show Clinton's prime time speech.
The name 18 Million Voices is a reference to the number of popular votes Clinton received in the primaries.
Fiechter said that she has been interviewed almost non-stop since the weekend.
Her phone rings constantly. She picks it up. It's a reporter. "No, we're not affiliated with the campaign," she says with a sort of resigned sigh. She rolls her eyes.
















Concerned
August 26, 2008
This does not suprise me! A stubborn activist..... who can not see past the loss and would like the entire nation to feel there embarassment for picking someone not fit for to be president anywhere in the world. Reconsider your train of thought and realize that if you want change you should start with yourself and not think emotionally about the election and thnk logically. If you let McCain win you will lose twice and nobody likes a double loser....
Aida
August 26, 2008
I freaked out with this! Yes, it is the same girl we had drinks with!
Ken G
August 26, 2008
The Hillary/Bill supporters may give the election to John McCain. They are pissed, they believe they were anointed to return the White House. All this noise in El Paso is a waste of time. McCain will win Texas even if everyone here votes for Obama.
sylvia
August 26, 2008
Obama NO! Who the heck is this guy that he believes that he is more qualified than persons who are wiser and more experienced? Maybe he could be in the sidelines assisting and learning, like all good apprentices. So he's a Senator, so what? He hasn't paid his dues. He's too green to run our nation. Maybe he can learn some more from those who have been there, done that. But how conceited! What an over-inflated ego, and above all, what illusions of grandeur. And to think, many of our young voters, and others are buying into this facade. Reminds me of the fable about the King that had no clothes on, but it took a child to speak the truth; I have nothing against him, other than his friendship with a bigoted, racist for the past 20 years...but is this the best we as a nation can come up with to represent our ideals to the rest of the world for the next four years? This man, he is the one that will keep us in peace against terrorists? So what has he done to deserve such a magnificent and grand position? I say, Obama, stay with it, keep up the learning, stand by, learn and listen, and wait your turn....He who knows not and knows that he knows not, etc....
Concerned
August 26, 2008
Lets write about "experience" ... or what you call experience... McCain - IS A GOVERNOR!
OBAMA IS A SENATOR....
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE MCCAIN TO EVEN BE A GOVERNOR..
OBAMA MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT!!!!
YOU CAN TAKE YOUR FOOT OUT NOW! THINK BEFORE YOU RIGHT BETTER YET RESEARCH BEFORE YOU TAKE THE FOOT OUT!
Freedom of Expression
August 27, 2008
Perhaps all this divisiveness will wake people up to the fact that there are more than two parties and many more than just two candidates in most elections. This country is being destroyed by polarity, which is exactly the opposite of the principles upon which it was founded. And its very sad that so many people are being shunned and criticized for expressing their desire to support someone outside of the Democratic or Republican parties when those parties clearly don't speak for too many Americans today.
Sylvia
August 27, 2008
Okay, You wish to talk about McCain, goody for you! My opinion comments about Obama never even mentioned McCain - Yes, deary it is a well known fact to all that McCain is a Governor, (yawn). Thank you for the well studied lesson in American politics. Anyway, next time you want to educate anyone, you can start by learning to Write, not Right. Obviously you read Into things, and Interpret what YOU read, rather than simply reading and attempting to Understand what is written. Thank goodness for our Right to Freedom of Speech, wouldn't you agree?