2008 Clinton supporters protest "an inadequate black male"

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Good contemporary article about Hillary supporters here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/they-were-hillary-clintons-die-hard-loyalists-heres-where-they-are-now/2015/05/02/82025cf2-e92a-11e4-aae1-d642717d8afa_story.html

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s decision to run for president has stirred up old feelings for some loyal supporters who refused to accept her defeat in the 2008 Democratic primary. When other Democrats put away their swords and rallied behind Barack Obama, the resisters responded: “Party unity, my ass!” — hence the nickname PUMAs.

After seven years in the political wilderness, some are ecstatic at the chance to help elect a candidate that they believe in, and to make history by putting the first woman in the White House. Others are excited but cautious, still haunted by the events of 2008.

And some have even turned against Clinton — instead of signing on for her presidential campaign do-over, they plan to spend this cycle working to defeat her.

One thing they all agree on: they don’t regret their prolonged protest in 2008. In interviews, all of them said they still blame the Democratic Party for a ruling that cost Clinton delegates and the nomination.

Lynn Forester de Rothschild addresses the Inclusive Capitalism Conference at the Mansion House in the City of London on May 27, 2014. (Reuters)