Make that Lazy Fare. On Oct 26, 3:19�am, rigsy03 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Obama is slated to win. Some candidates are opportunistic and are > hopping on the gravy train.//Lazy Fair will corrupt your morals. :-) > > On Oct 26, 2:58 am, "moveon.org mike532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Prominent Republicans Cross the Aisle to Endorse > > Obamahttp://www.truthout.org/102508Zhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/o...... > > Washington - Joel Haugen, a Republican fighting a tough congressional > > race against the Democrats in Oregon, has fallen out with his party. > > The reason: his surprise endorsement of Barack Obama for the > > presidency. > > > "I believe in putting nation before party and my first priority is > > following my conscience with regard to what is best for America," > > Haugen said in a statement issued by his office today. "I have a huge > > amount of respect for John McCain, but I believe that he has more of a > > cold war mentality." > > > Haugen is just one of many Republican politicians, dubbed > > "Obamicans", who have defected to Obama. The latest high-profile > > desertions include Scott McClellan, George Bush's former press > > secretary, who endorses Obama in a taped CNN programme to be broadcast > > this weekend, and William Weld, the Republican governor of > > Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997. > > > Weld, in a statement released today ahead of a press conference in > > New Hampshire, described Obama as "a once-in-a-lifetime candidate." > > > Last weekend, Bush's former secretary of state, Colin Powell, > > Obama's biggest Republican catch so far, publicly backed the > > Democratic candidate. > > > It is unusual to see so many prominent Republican politicians and > > columnists shift, even allowing for the fact that party affiliations > > are more fluid in the US than Europe. > > > The 'Obamicans' have their own website, listing those who have > > endorsed Obama and exchanging views. Campaign paraphernalia is also > > available from Barack Obama's team that includes a "Republicans for > > Obama" button badge. > > > According to Haugen's campaign manager, Sarah Tiedeman, he made no > > secret of his views while fighting for the party nomination, telling > > the press about his unhappiness with Bush's eight years in office and > > that he was likely to endorse Obama over McCain. He won 70% of the > > nomination vote. > > > The Republican party became increasingly "unfriendly", Tiedemann > > said, and has since withdrawn all financial support. > > > Haugen, as a compromise, is now standing under an independent > > banner, though he remains a registered Republican. Tiedemann said the > > reaction among Republicans over his endorsement was mixed. She > > acknowledged it was "unusual" to make such an endorsement but Haugen > > "feels the Republican party has got so far from its roots." > > > Other defectors include Arne Carlson, the Republican governor of > > Minnesota from 1991 to 1999, who wrote in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune > > yesterday: "The choice of governor Sarah Palin as a running mate, and > > the resultant shallow campaign based on fear and suspicion, looks > > frighteningly similar to the politics of Karl Rove [Bush's campaign > > strategist]." > > > He described Obama as having "the potential to become a truly > > great president". > > > McClellan, who published a book earlier this year critical of the > > Bush administration, accusing it of lying, told CNN he would vote for > > Obama because he offered the best chance of changing the way > > Washington works. > > > The founders of Republicans for Obama include a former Iowa > > congressman, Jim Leach; a former Rhode Island senator, Lincoln Chafee, > > and a former Bush fund-raiser, Rita Hauser. > > > Another defector this week is Ken Adelman, a foreign policy > > adviser to Ronald Reagan, who told the New Yorker he would endorse > > Obama because of McCain's temperament, describing as weird his > > behaviour in response when the economic meltdown began.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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