Dismayed Republicans emerge as Barack Obama supporters

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:33 PM EDT

Article Source: The Times

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Obama appeals to many on both sides of the aisle.

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Brink Lindsey of the Cato Institute, a libertarian free market think tank in Washington, said he was "seriously thinking of pulling the lever" for Obama in November. Although he is lukewarm about some of his policies - particularly on free trade and tax and spending - he believes that "the post-partisan, postcultural war rhetoric of Barack Obama is deeply appealing". There is also the question of pay-back for eight years of Republican mismanagement.

"There is a good chunk of people, like myself, who believe the Republicans ought to go down in flames," he said. "They have made a complete hash of things and they deserve to pay."

Wow. And from the fricking Cato Institute no less.

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#1 - Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:25 AM EDT

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While both candidates have had their history of "centrist" policies, reaching for bipartisan support, it seems that Obama has remained this way while McCain has taken a sharp turn to the right to sure up votes with evangelicals and others who still support a myriad of Bush policies.

One wonders with the current administrations approval (and dissaproval) record regarding the direction of the country, and the conflicts in the middle east, whether McCain's advisers are putting their energy in the right places. Perhaps they simply take the Dick Cheney approach to public opinion polls.

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#2 - Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:43 PM EDT

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