Here's a list of prominent Republicans who support Obama:


http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/1...republicans-li
ne-up-behind-obama/

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http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/d...15/104660.html

http://www.democratsformccain.com/

http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blog...hn-mccain.html

Friday, September 19, 2008
More Democrats Switching To John McCain

While the Obama campaign has seen a few Republicans switching to
Barack Obama, word is coming down that more and more Democrats are
publicly coming out for John McCain.

The Obama campaign touts Republicans like Rep. Wayne Gilchrest of
Maryland, former Iowa Rep. Jim Leach and former Rhode Island Sen.
Lincoln Chafee.

Recently a high profile Clinton supporter and DNC member, Lynn
Forester de Rothschild also known as a "Hillraiser" (someone that
helped collect over $100,000 for the Clinton campaign) made a public
announcement that she was endorsing John McCain and would be
campaigning on his behalf until election day.

Yesterday we reported that real estate magnate Donald Trump had
announced his endorsement of John McCain and he did so on CNN's Larry
King. Trump has previously donated to Hillary Clinton until May when
he made contributions to the McCain campaign

Today we see more previous Clinton supporters coming out in favor of
McCain, such as lifelong Democrat Miguel D. Lausell who is a leading
Latino backer of Hillary Clinton.

Lausell is a Puerto Rican businessman and longtime Democratic activist
and fund-raiser and he says that while he doesn't agree with McCain on
every policy issue, he finds "McCain to be a sound person and a man
with a track record." He continues on to say "I know where he is
coming from."

Mr. Lausell said he feels Sen. Obama "doesn't really regard the
Hispanic community as important." Sen. Clinton won a large majority of
the Hispanic vote in most primaries, and Latino voters are an
important bloc in swing states such as Florida, Nevada and New Mexico.
Most polls show Sen. Obama leads Sen. McCain among Latinos.

Mr. Lausell said that as a "lifelong Democrat," this is the first
time he has supported a Republican presidential candidate. A Harvard
Law School graduate, Mr. Lausell's business career has included a
stint as chief executive of the Puerto Rico Telephone Co. and chairman
of PonceBank, a large Puerto Rican financial institution. Mr. Lausell
once had a position with the Democratic National Committee and served
on a national finance board for Al Gore's unsuccessful 2000
presidential run. In 2004, he helped start a nonprofit aimed at
boosting Latino turnout for Democrats.



Lausell gives his reason for opposing Obama as president by saying,
"The U.S. is in a very difficult situation these days and I don't want
someone without experience at the helm."


Other registered Democrats, every day voters, are going to see
McCain/Palin's campaign stops and rallies and saying they too will be
voting for McCain in November.

Kathy Riordan of Wausau is a registered Democrat who planned to
vote for Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Now she intends to cast a ballot for Republican presidential
nominee John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin, the governor of
Alaska.

"I think Sarah Palin is an excellent choice, and not just because
she's a woman," Riordan said before Thursday's McCain-Palin rally at
the Resch Center. "It's good to have a governor on one of the tickets.
. I think she brings a different set of skills."



While the latest Rasmussen poll shows McCain and Obama still tied,
people are starting to pay attention to the choices before them and
more and more former Clinton supporters that had previously not made
up their minds are finding themselves drawn to the McCain/Palin
ticket.

Riordan says her decision has nothing to do with gender, but is
instead based on politics. Her problem with Obama she says is that he
is too far to the left for her liking.

Now that prominent Clinton supporters are going public with their
support for John McCain, it will not be surprising if many more follow
their lead.


With McCain doing so well how can we get Gummer to bet on the election.
He'll take McCain, of course. I'll bet 1,000. against his house.


Hawke