If the Republicans had a actual Conservative candidate it wouldn’t matter how far afield to the left Obama went, but as it will be McCain it will have Lieberman Democrats seriously considering a vote for McCain so they don’t have to live under a Ned Lamont as President.
Of course some polls showed Lamont still had a larger share of the CT Jewish vote that Lieberman, but the vote split somewhere around 40-60 or 60-40 depending on who you believe. In McCain/Obama there is little chance Obama would carry the 70%+ of the Jewish vote.
People who have brought Obama’s name up sense some sort of hidden crazed radical hiding under his polished veneer, and no one was real enthralled by the idea because no one knows if he is THEIR crazed radical or the other guy’s crazed radical. It’s not even that they opposed a radical taking the office if it meant real change, but Obama is all smoke and mirrors. Taking money from shady Iraqis billionaires isn’t going to endear Obama to Jewish political donors who are only multimillionaires.
There may be a whole gang of “only” multimillionaires, it was my thought that in North Eastern politics those folks make up the heart and soul of local politics, that may matter more then only money.
When Hilde crashes and burns, those folks will have a few choices to make.
thanks for the insight JerseyHighlander.