Cristi Adkins of Clintons4McCain Endorses Citizens for McCain Coalition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) September 3, 2008 -- September 2, 2008 Carly Fiorina, Cynthia Ruccia and their team held a press conference to introduce the Citizens for McCain Coalition, a group of Democrats and independents who plan to vote for John McCain in November.

Six prominent Democrats and former Clinton supporters joined Fiorina for the conference. Included in this group of outstanding citizens was a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, two elected Democrats, and a former Clinton-era ambassador to OPEC. One by one, they explained how the anti-democratic campaign of Barack Obama and his Chicago style, worse-than-usual-politics, disillusioned them and drove them to support McCain.

• Ambassador Mark Erwin
• John Coale, former fundraiser for both Clintons
• Silver Salazar, Hispanic community leader in Colorado
• Brian Golden, former state representative from Boston and an Iraq War veteran
• Jennifer Lee, a Hillary Clinton campaign worker from California
• Cynthia Ruccia, women's rights activist and former Congressional candidate from Ohio.

This fascinating group of activist and savvy business people certainly could help the McCain campaign with centrists and independents. Other coalitions intend to join the Maverick Ticket, such as Cristi Adkins of Clintons4McCain who states that she “intends to throw her full support behind this active group.”

Cynthia Ruccia states that “the Citizens for McCain has received over 50,000 new members in the last two weeks. As the word continues to get out about McCain’s Maverick spirit and moderate ideology, the more people are coming out in droves to support the Maverick ticket, IE: McCain/Palin.”

Shockingly, the reasons for these individuals’ flying to the other side are as varied as those speaking them, but that won't necessarily delight the base. Most of them talked about the untested nature of Barack Obama, and how unhappy Coale, Lee, and Ruccia were specifically about the sexism of the Obama campaign and the Democrats in general.

Cynthia Ruccia added this morning, “The gross misogyny that occurred in the primary season was rampant and had the potential to set women back nearly 20 years. What’s worse, for those of us who supported Hillary, its Déjà Vu all over again. However, the real news that Senator Obama and the DNC needs to understand is that this time women in America will stand up for women in politics or in the public eye and fight this disgraceful Chicago style tactic tooth and nail.”

While those 'female' topics won't give the democratic hierarchy pause apparently as the Palin attacks continue, a few of the other reasons Clinton supporters and other fellow dems are now throwing their weight behind the Maverick team might just wake up the rest of America.

These fiesty Democrats pointed out the positive aspects of John McCain’s fighting spirit and touted ‘Country before Party’ as they also praised McCain's moderation.

In addition, one or two of the coalition members specifically mentioned immigration as a reason to support the Maverick McCain/Palin ticket.

On the other hand, Ambassador Erwin gave a great response to a question at the end about foreign policy and how Obama is hopelessly naive. It makes a great sound-bite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP91qdXWIHY

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/02/fiorina-presser-democrats-for-mccain/

For more information, or to interview Cynthia Ruccia, contact:
Cristi Adkins, Clintons4McCain
Cristi@clintons4mccain.com

Christi Adkins     Citizens for McCain     Clintons for McCain     Clintons4McCain     Cristi Adkins