mercadia:

But, more importantly, his constituents cannot seem to support their candidate without shitting on the other candidate. It is one thing for a politician to fling some mud, it is expected, it's another for his supporters to spew vitriol all over someone else's candidate. I know I've been personally turned off by it.

At the risk of later being accused of shitting on you and your candidate, let me start by saying that I think the question is off-base. Are you saying you might refuse to support Obama not because of anything he's done or because of his character or because of any substantive differences with him on policy, but rather because you don't like his supporters? The Constitution doesn't specify any criteria upon which citizens should cast their votes, but this strikes me as a dumb reason. But that's up to you.

However, I don't think many people will make the same calculation you have. Whereas Hillary seems to be a love-her-or-hate-her proposition for many people, Obama is not. Most Hillary supporters quite like him, but simply think he should wait his turn and that he's not quite ready for the job. They see him as the lesser of two goods. That being the case, I don't think he will have much trouble getting Hillary's supports on board at all.

Just for one example, check out this superdelegate who was on CNN yesterday talking about how awesome Hillary is and who today announced he's supporting Obama. If Limbaugh can back McCain, surely Hillary fans can get behind Obama.