Some Well-Known Republicans Endorsing Obama

Add another to your list. Former Republican senator and Connecticut independent Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. endorsed Barack Obama's presidential bid Friday, saying the Illinois Democrat "has the smarts, quite frankly, to do a damn good job."

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Thanks for letting us know about this, Lisa.

Heaven help America in her time of need. We are treading untried waters.

Yes, and some who are not so well known. Among the many long-time Republicans in my home state of Pennsylvania who changed their voter registration so they could vote for Barack Obama is Halfmoon Township Supervisor Reed Moyer, 49, of Centre County, who volunteered to work for Obama and helped out at last Sunday's Penn State rally that attracted more than 20,000 people in front of Old Main.

Moyer was quoted on Friday in the Centre County Times. "...I think Barack Obama is more skilled at getting people together. ... I just think he's our best hope for avoiding gridlock in Washington and getting some practical things done. It's basically a pragmatic decision: He's the best man for the job."

Phyllis, that is what the article was about. That is why I mentioned it.

Thank you for pointing that out, Phyllis.

Anyone we elect for president for the first time is untried.

Lincoln Chafee is more of a Democrat than a Republican. In fact he's left the Republican party and become an Independent.

And Hagel, he's nothing. He's a RINO. He might as well retire and get his butt out of the Republican party.

What do you think is going to happen over there if we get out? The anti-war crowd claims to care about the lives of Iraqi civilians so much. What do you think will happen to the people there? Do you think their lives are less important than American lives?

It's a bloody unending mess NOW as we stay. It'll (maybe) be a bloody mess if we leave. So leave and let the loody mess work itself out. Until then we just postpone that part of the bloody mess. Leave the Middle East to the Middle East. We can't control them, and we shouldn't even try. It always backfires with far worse junk at us in the future when we try.

Over 1,000,000 citizens of Iraq have lost their lives in a war that George W. said was "won" in 2003, and even more have been displaced. No, we cannot get all our troops out all at once. But we can certainly withdraw more than we have. However, the most upsetting thing about this is that we should never have been over there in the first place. It was a war based on a lie that the American people were told.

Adam, in my opinion, there is too much at stake in the world to vote on one issue alone. Our nation will be safer if we don't keep poking our nose into a hornet's nest. We will never have peace if we don't live up to our own principles.

You are certainly entitled to your beliefs, however.

It is interesting that moderate Republicans might latch onto Obama. There has been little interest in the their concerns for about twenty-five years. I don't know if these endorsements will transfer to votes for Obama in the general election, but after supporting Hillary for some time now, I'm willing to concede that Obama will probably be the Democratic nominee.

I have to agree that one-issue voting seems wrong to me. There are too many concerns. I am very concerned about health care in this country. The people who have insurance are being denied benefits by a greedy and irresponsible industry. The people who don't have insurance have less and less options. And, we are falling behind the world with respect to infant mortality. So, we are paying much for health care and getting very little.

Another important concern is the economy. I think we can finally put to rest the notion that deregulation works. Too many companies have shown to be misguided and outright criminal when left to their own devices. I don't see a Republican administration taking care of this problem. I see Obama doing something about it - if only to work with Congress to regulate these industries again.

I am glad he could never become my country's leader.
'He looks a little like Alfred E. Newman', lol

Joe, I agree with you. I am also concerned about health care and know what it's like to not have insurance and also to be underinsured. When healthcare is about profit, the people will not get the care they deserve.

Susan, actually I think that it's George W. Bush that looks like Alfred E. Newman. :-)

Susan, Carls, I was just about to say, DUBBYA, is the one that looks like Alfred E. Newman.

WooHoo!