Word: diehardism
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...third group - and some of the most diehard Hillary voters, the adviser admitted - were affluent women who had risen in their professions at the same time that Clinton did. Those voters too, she noted, tend to be quite liberal and unlikely to move to McCain-Palin...
...first reaction one hears from many commentators and diehard Obama-ites is that the selection of Hillary would deflate his base and tarnish him with two decades worth of Clinton history. However, if choosing a running mate is all it would take to deflate Obama’s support or image, then he isn’t the successor to JFK and Reagan that so many hope he can be (the two big charisma kings chose the distinctly un-charismatic Lyndon B. Johnson and George H.W. Bush as their running mates...
...that Raul's reforms, including permission to let Cubans buy electronics in dollar stores and gain title to their own homes, are "marginal" so far. But "for ordinary Cubans it's been a lot of change very quickly," he says. To keep their reform expectations realistic - and to appease diehard Fidelistas in the government - Raul has to indulge "Fidel's new habit of undercutting him at various times," says Erikson...
...brought down at last and applaud the zesty performance we have been given. The show these two have together provided for American voters and international spectators has been undeniably entertaining. Politicos everywhere have been gripping the edge of their seats for months as they followed the competition like diehard gamblers at a horse race. Furthermore, on a deeper level, the race has been surprisingly significant in leading America into an engaging political discussion it might not otherwise have...
...three of Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, as if under any other circumstances Obama is entitled to be the nominee. Couldn’t a less decisive result simply show us that it’s still a draw, with neither candidate bearing the onus of being the diehard...