{"id":4623,"date":"2008-02-04T17:11:10","date_gmt":"2008-02-04T17:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/02\/presidential-race-is-causing-a.html"},"modified":"2008-02-04T17:11:10","modified_gmt":"2008-02-04T17:11:10","slug":"presidential-race-is-causing-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/02\/presidential-race-is-causing-a.html","title":{"rendered":"Presidential race is causing animosity in Democrat families"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know that you guys are probably not going to believe me but I do feel bad for these families<\/a> who are so passionate about their choice that they can’t co-exist peacefully with their family members.<\/p>\n

With Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mr. Obama locked in a tight race before Tuesday\u2019s voting, the campaign has turned into a gigantic family feud, with prominent and everyday Democrats splitting with spouses, siblings, parents and children. There is former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin (Clinton supporter) and his son James (Obama); Representative Charles B. Rangel (Clinton), his wife, Alma (Obama); the Rev. Jesse Jackson (Obama), his wife, Jacqueline (Clinton), and their sons (split).
\nLoretta and Linda Sanchez, the only sisters in the House of Representatives, have endorsed Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama, respectively. And Penny Pritzker, a Chicago philanthropist, serves as Mr. Obama\u2019s national finance chairman even as her brother, Jay Robert, holds fund-raisers across town for Mrs. Clinton.
\n\u201cWithin the family, for the first time you have different opinions,\u201d Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Republican governor of California and Ms. Shriver\u2019s husband, told The San Francisco Chronicle last week, around the same time Mr. Obama was calling his wife and coaxing her to his side. Three of Robert F. Kennedy\u2019s children have endorsed Mrs. Clinton, while their mother, Ethel Kennedy, supports Mr. Obama, along with Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy and Representative Patrick J. Kennedy. \u201cI\u2019ve been in the family 30 years, and I\u2019ve never seen that,\u201d said Mr. Schwarzenegger, who has endorsed Senator John McCain.
\nAnd for every Kennedy or Sanchez, there are countless Democratic voters who find themselves arguing with family members over which checks to send, which lawn signs to display and which onesie to put the baby in: \u201cHillary Cares About Me\u201d or \u201cMy Mama\u2019s for Obama\u201d?
\n\u201cThings have been getting real ugly around here,\u201d said Shazia Khan, a lawyer in Washington, who supports Mr. Obama while her husband, Samir Kanani, will vote for Mrs. Clinton. On a recent trip to Argentina, they watched a Democratic debate in their hotel room, arguing so loudly that the housekeeping staff came to check on them.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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