I couple weeks ago my mom had a conversation with her friend, a black male college professor, about this primary.  He's a Hillary Clinton supporter and my mother, a white Jewish woman, is an Obama supporter.  She asked him what his reasons for supporting Hillary were and he told her this:

He said that Hillary Clinton is a more stable candidate, and while Obama is a potentially high benefits candidate he is still a high risk one.  The 2004 Kerry election also came up.  Basically, on this front, my mom's friend just doesn't want to lose AGAIN.

With this in mind I spoke with a very close friend of mine, who is a young female college student, and Ohio voter (she had a very hard time deciding who to vote for, and does not want her choice disclosed).  She also brought up concerns about 2004.  She was very active in Kerry's campaign and since the Democratic defeat she basically dislikes the whole political game and wants as little to do with it as possible.

So, with all the background explained, I wanted to ask the good people (not the kooky ones like Marginal Player) at TPM a question.  Now I don't mean to offend anyone.  I understand everyone has varying reasons for their primary choice.  I was just wondering, among HRC supporters, how instrumental was the 2004 Dem defeat in your decision this year?  Also, do you think Clinton is overall a safer choice and how much did that influence you?

This is meant to be a respectful inquiry, just to satisfy my own curiosity.
Thanks so much!

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