Sent to me via email, the article is here.
Republican elected officials endorsing Obama
- Former Minnesota Governor Arne Carlson[21]
- Former Rhode Island Senator Lincoln Chafee[22]
- Former Minnesota Senator David Durenberger[23]
- Former Virginia Governor Linwood Holton, father-in-law of current Governor Tim Kaine (D-VA)[24]
- Former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach[25]
- Former South Dakota Senator Larry Pressler[26]
- Former Connecticut Governor and Senator Lowell Weicker[27]
- Former Massachusetts Governor William Weld[28]
- Mayor Lou Thieblemont of Camp Hill, Penn. Thieblemont switched his party registration from Republican to Democrat so that he could vote for Obama in the Pennsylvania primary.[29]
- Fairbanks North Star Borough mayor Jim Whitaker endorsed Obama and delivered a speech on the second day of the2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
Other national Republican figures endorsing Obama
- Ken Adelman, former diplomat and member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board[30]
- Former publisher of National Review, Wick Allison[31][32]
- Jack Antaramian, Florida real estate developer and Bush fundraiser[33]
- William Donaldson, former Chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission under George W. Bush (2003-05)[34]
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower, daughter of former President Richard Nixon, granddaughter-in law of Dwight D. Eisenhower[35]
- Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of Dwight D. Eisenhower and president of the Eisenhower Institute.[36][35][37]
- Charles Fried, former U.S. Solicitor General and former McCain advisor.[38]
- C.C. Goldwater, granddaughter of former Arizona Senator and Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater(endorsing Barack Obama on behalf of herself, her sibling, and some of her cousins)[39]
- Lilibet Hagel, wife of Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE)[40][41]
- Rita E. Hauser, Former White House intelligence advisor for George W. Bush[25]
- Actor and former Bush supporter Dennis Hopper[42]
- Larry Hunter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Policy Innovation and Chief Economist for the Free Enterprise Fund, former Reagan policy advisor[43]
- Rear Admiral John Hutson, USN (ret.), former Judge Advocate General of the Navy and the current dean and president ofFranklin Pierce Law Center.[44][45]
- Legal scholar Douglas Kmiec[46]
- Scott McClellan, White House Press Secretary under George W. Bush from 2003-2006. Author of controversial book, What Happened.[47]
- Tricia Mosley, former staffer to Senator Strom Thurmond[48]
- Paul O'Neill, United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2001-02 under George W. Bush[49]
- Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.[15]
- David Ruder, Chairman of the Securities & Exchange Commission under President Ronald Reagan [50]
- Frank Schaeffer, pro-life advocate and the son of evangelist Francis Schaeffer.[51]
- Radio Host Michael Smerconish[52]
Support for Obama from writers affiliated with conservatism
- Andrew Bacevich, Professor of International Relations at Boston University.[53]
- Christopher Buckley, author, son of legendary conservative William F. Buckley, Jr.[54]
- Francis Fukuyama, author, key figure in the rise of neoconservatism and loosely affiliated with conservatism.[55]
- Christopher Hitchens, author and essayist loosely affiliated with neo-conservative foreign policy.[56]
- Dorothy King, archeologist and conservative blogger.[57][58]
- Andrew Sullivan, commentator loosely affiliated with conservatism.[59]
- Jeffrey Hart, senior editor of National Review magazine.
The Economist on "The Rise of the Obamacons" and their influence:
The biggest brigade in the Obamacon army consists of libertarians, furious with Mr Bush's big-government conservatism, worried about his commitment to an open-ended "war on terror", and disgusted by his cavalier way with civil rights.
For many conservatives, Mr. Obama embodies qualities that their party has abandoned: pragmatism, competence and respect for the head rather than the heart. Mr. Obama's calm and collected response to the turmoil on Wall Street contrasted sharply with Mr McCain's grandstanding.
How much do these Obamacons matter? More than Mr McCain would like to think. The Obamacons are manifestations of a deeper turmoil in the Republican rank-and-file, as the old coalition of small-government activists, social conservatives and business Republicans falls apart. They also influence opinion.
The more tantalising question is whether the rise of the Obamacons signals a lasting political realignment.
If the Republican Party continues to think that the problem lies with the rats, rather than the seaworthiness of the ship, then the Obamacons are here to stay.
So I just gotta ask, if all these people are endorsing Obama, many of whom are conservative ideologues, and some like Powell & McClellan actual former members of the Bush regime, why aren't you? BTW, rhetorical question here...
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