Obama campaign attracting disenchanted Republicans
Ronald Reagan had his “Reagan Democrats.” And now, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has turned the tables on the Republican Party with his “Obamacans,” disaffected Republicans who are flocking to the Democratic presidential candidate the way disenchanted Democrats backed Reagan, though in smaller numbers.
…”For me, the Republican Party has become so ugly and so arrogant, I don’t want to have any part of it,” he said.
…Pollster John Zogby warns against doubting the Obamacan phenomenon in the 2008 presidential campaign.
“There really is such a thing as an Obama Republican,” Zogby said. “This group tends to be a political moderate, tired of bickering and even more tired of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. It is part of the unique appeal that Obama has among centrist voters, independent thinkers and those concerned with America’s image overseas.”
It seems to me that this movement is not a response to John McCain, who has been trans-partisan on a number of issues, but rather a reaction to the the Leadership of the GOP which seems to be out of step with most middle class Americans. Unfortunately many of the GOP leadership achieved their positions by pandering to an extreme base and so adjusting may take some time, vision and courage.
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