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One week after Sen. Hillary Clinton made a public show of unity with Sen. Barack Obama, a new survey suggests supporters of the New York senator are increasingly less likely to follow her lead.

A growing number of Clinton supporters polled say they may stay home in November instead of casting their ballot for Obama, an indication the party has yet to coalesce around the Illinois senator four weeks after the most prolonged and at times divisive primary race in modern American history came to a close.

According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Friday, the number of Clinton supporters who plan to defect to Republican Sen. John McCain’s camp is down from one month ago, but — in what could be an ominous sign for Obama as he seeks to unify the party — the number of them who say they plan to vote for Obama is also down, and a growing number say they may not vote at all.

In a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey completed in early June before the New York senator ended her White House bid, 60 percent of Clinton backers polled said they planned on voting for Obama. In the latest poll, that number has dropped to 54 percent.

In early June, 22 percent of Clinton supporters polled said they would not vote at all if Obama were the party’s nominee, now close to a third say they will stay home.

And, as Obama veers his candidacy toward the center of the political spectrum like his Iraq policy flip-flop, public financing change and FISA reversal, he faces a challenge from Ralph Nader on the far left.

Will this poling data force Obama to name Hillary as Vice President?

Or, is this the type of data that will reinforce a Hillary decision to stay off the ticket, let Obama lose and then run again after a four year John McCain term of office?

Probably the latter.

Watch the Clinton cabal push Howard Dean and Team Obama to allow her a speaking role at the Denver convention. Will Obama let her speak in the stadium?

Stay tuned……..

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In blogging matters, Flap is happy to report that the World Series of Poker Main Event has started and Flap will be at the Rio on Tuesday evening for Day 2.

A summary of Day 1B of the WSOP is here.

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But, Obama is “redefining” his Iraq War policy.

John McCain on the 4th of July is sequestered at his Arizona ranch after jetting in from Mexico yesterday while Barack Obama is campaigning in red state Montana pressing the flesh.

The McCain campaign needs more than a new strategy. They need to get McCain out on the trail and act like he wants to be President. McCain needs to fight for the right to be President.

And the pundits wonder why many conservatives are less than enthusiastic about the McCain candidacy?

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, center, greets supporters after watching an Independence Day parade in Butte, Mon., Friday, July 4, 2008

President Bush traveled to the home of Thomas Jefferson Friday to help swear in new U.S. citizens as part of Independence Day celebrations.

“When you raise your hands and take the oath you will complete an incredible journey. This journey has taken you from many different countries and has now made you one people,” Bush said at the naturalization ceremony at historic Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia.

“From this day forward, the history of the United States will be part of your heritage. The Fourth of July will be a part of your independence day and I will be honored to call you a fellow American.” he said.

Bush was heckled several times, with some people yelling “War criminal!” One man shouted, “This man has brought fascism to our shores!” About nine people were removed from the ceremony.

“Impeach Bush. Impeach Bush. Amend the Constitution,” shouted another protester, prompting both cheers and boos from the audience of about 3,000 people.

What a bunch of crap. They have the right to protest but……there is a time and place.

No class MORONS….

Here is something MORE to be proud of as Americans this Independence Day: The largest reenlistment ceremony in the history of the U.S. military took place in the rotunda of the Al Faw Palace in Baghdad, Iraq on July 4, 2008.