Quote Originally Posted by daihashi
I'm not sure this is necessarily true. Many democrats are distancing themselves from Obama. Combined with his current FISA stance and many recent changes in his idea of "change" has left democrats feeling a bit uneasy about this candidate. On top of Hillary Clinton who said right off the bat that she would not accept a VP ticket we also have the following whom have turned Obama down for the VP spot: Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, Virginia Senator Jim Webb, Gov. of Ohio Ted Strickland, .... and I feel I'm missing one other person here but I may be wrong so we'll just leave it at that.

For democrats that see this as a win/win situation it sure seems that no one is jumping to get the VP ticket. This leads me to believe that he is not as popular among his fellow democrats as previously anticipated.
I don't think so. First of all, I'm not sure anyone has actually "turned Obama down for the VP spot." It has to be offered in order to be turned down, and I have not heard that the position has been offered to anyone, let alone offered and turned down. Let me know if you have heard otherwise. Pulliing yourself out of the running or saying you don't want it is a different matter from actually turning it down. Who knows why these people may have asked not to be considered or if they were actually being considered in the first place?

Anyway, I was talking about the rank-and-file Dems, not those who might be consedered for a position. And I don't see many rank-and-file Dems distancing themselves from Obama. They seem pretty enthusiastic. I do see rank-and-file Repubs lacking enthusiams over McCain, but Obama is not having that problem with Dems.

And it was also relatively moderate rank-and-file Dems I was talking about who view the election as relativley positive, with a good upside and only a small downside if McCain were to win. Elected Democrats or very partisan or very left-leaning democrats would probably not see it that way bacause they can't get past their partisanship. But I don't think moderate Dems generally see McCain as a disaster.