New phenomenon or is the Chicago Sun Times picking sides? After all,
the Obama “D-Punjab”
brouhaha wasn’t exactly a small item. It’s nowhere.
There is an interesting phenomenon that has arisen over the last few months:
a trend of moderate Republicans who want to vote for Barack Obama. It may
seem counterintuitive, conservatives supporting a candidate who wants to tax
the wealthy and embrace the conventions in the Kyoto Accord, but there is
something in Obama’s message about ridding politics of partisanship that is
appealing to these Republicans.Obama
finding new allies: Republicans
Many cite war in Iraq, spirit of political unity as issues
As a former Reagan Democrat, I’ve been waiting for this one from somewhere. What’s next Rudy Democrats? Yikes.
This is what David Axelrod and Obama’s team have been counting on all along: crossing the aisle and picking up disaffected Republicans. They’re looking for a mandate come the general election. Launching their personality campaign, ideology is nowhere to be seen. That’s one of the
reasons you’ve been hearing Obama talking about a “differing kind of politics.”
The quote below from ABC’s “This Week” gets to the heart of Obama,
the politician.
“I think that I have the capacity to get people to recognize themselves
in each other. I think that I have the ability to make people get beyond some
of the divisions that plague our society and to focus on common sense and
reason and that’s been in short supply over the last several years. I’m not
an ideologue, never have been. Even during my younger days when I was tempted
by, you know, sort of more radical or left wing politics, there was a part
of me that always was a little bit conservative in that sense; that believes
that you make progress by sitting down listening to people, recognizing everybody’s
concerns, seeing other people’s points of views and then making decisions.”
– Barack Obama
I don’t need an ideologue, but I sure would like a nominee who Republicans
believe is a strong Democratic voice and who will also push to implement our
policies. Let’s not elect another let’s make a deal politician. Okay, that’s not an option, but can we at least elect someone who will put Democratic policies, which are far superior, as a priority?
As you can see from the chart below, Obama and Clinton get the same amount of Republican support when pitted against Giuliani, and Obama actually loses more Democrats to Rudy than Clinton does. Obama’s strength against Giuliani, relative to Clinton’s, lies with Independents… ..
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