Posted on 02/28/2008 8:21:07 PM PST by LouAvul
One of Sen. Barack Obama’s surest applause lines comes about halfway into his standard stump speech. It goes like this:
“They whisper to me. They say, ‘Barack, I’m a Republican, but I support you.’ And I say, ‘Thank you. Why are we whispering?’”
If the latest polling data are to be believed, those Republicans aren’t whispering in Texas, where 195 of the 228 delegates the state will send to the Democratic National Convention will be chosen in a primary and caucuses Tuesday.
As many as a tenth of the Texans voting in the Democratic contests could be Republicans, and overwhelmingly they favor Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, the polls show.
“I ran for Republican precinct chair. I went to the Republican state convention,” said one of them, Donald Rau of Austin, who has already voted in early balloting. “In this election, I voted for Barack Obama.”
GOP support ‘no longer surprising’ A poll released this week by SurveyUSA of Verona, N.J., indicated that registered Republicans would make up 9 percent of Democratic primary voters next week. Michael Baselice, head of Baselice and Associates, a Texas polling firm, said that was in line with what his company was finding.
A bloc that large could make a significant difference for Obama, who holds a large lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York among Texas Republicans, especially in a close race. Polls this week were showing a dead heat in Texas as Obama began pulling even with Clinton.
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Virtually all polls have stated otherwise. And, there is no question Hillary has far greater negatives and is far less charismatic and likable.
Stupid GOP thinks that the crossover Democrats in the 2008 GOP primaries are going to vote for McCain in the Fall.
They won’t.
What I don't understand is why you think Obama is any better than Hillary and why you don't realize he is much harder to defeat in a general election.
So, they are going to stick us with a more liberal candidate that is harder to beat. Brilliant!
I'm voting for Romney. That way I can try to prevent either McCain or Huckabee getting a majority in my congressional district or in the state. If a candidate gets a majority in a congressional district, that candidate wins all the delegates. This is also the case with the at large part of the delegation. If any primary candidate gets more than 50% of the vote state wide, all the at large delegates will go to the winning candidate. If no candidate gets a majority, then the delegates will be divied up proportionally among the candidates getting 20% or more of the vote. I want McCain's feet held to the fire a little longer.
And I'll be voting for a black man for party candidate in the primary, Alan Keyes. He won't ge the nomination but he is a conservative and I don't want McCain and the party bosses using Huckabee as VP to "win" me over. I want someone else.
BTTT
Exactly.
Plus it’s a late primary so they know anyone they could or would have voted for is already gone and what they’re stuck with, well why bother?
And they will deal with Obama in November. They certainly won’t vote for him.
I voted on Super Tuesday and my vote didn’t count (the ones I had left to vote for, and who I voted for of those left, dropped out). If NJ’s primary was now, I would have switched and voted for a dem possibly.
Amazes me, a State like Texas, doesn’t even have a choice since most dropped out on both sides after Super Tuesday. Our primaries are screwed up imo.
Wow, you’ve been gulping down the MSM Kool-Aid!
The hardcore left is “electrified” by Obama.
But the latest poll says 20% of white Democrats will vote for McCain if he is the nominee.
And that may be what it takes to get this country back on track.
The Socialist Party has infiltrated the Democrat Party and the Democrat Party has infiltrated the Republican Party. Time to start pushing back.
Stupid move. Hillary would be much easier to beat in the general.
By staying in the Republican Primary, I’ll also be able to knock some other Republicans off the fall ballot or see that some get on.
If I knew more Democrats to vote against in the Primary, I might have more reason to cross over.
Oh and listening to Hillary right now on TV. She’s a woman. She’s the first woman to get this far. She’s struggling. It’s hard. Being a woman. (according to her). She makes me gag.
Thanks for the heads up. I didn't expect to see his name on the ballot. If it is there, I will vote for him.
The Obama Republicans are NOT like the Reagan Democrats who voted for Reagan in the GENERAL ELECTION TWO CAMPAIGNS IN A ROW.
I agree, we want Obama in November. What we don’t want is for the Dems to have a presumptive nominee until April or May.
If Obama makes it to the generals and loses, he is done. He is young and if Hillary wins he will be back to fight another day. He loses in the generals he is finished. I see him as far more dangerous than Hillary and that is saying something. I want him out for good. But let them sweat it out and McCain should try to keep his yapper closed if he can. Trading shots with Obama gives him credibility as if he is the nominee. Ignore them both, don’t fire till you see the whites of their eyes. :)
If Obama wins the Democrat nomination, McCain will win big. The middle 20% of the public will heavily favor him over Obama.
Actually, McCain will loose because the majority of Republicans do not support him and Obama will be our next President.
President Obama will be a "light weight" and easy to manipulate by the Republicans in Congress.
The alternative of a combined Hillary and Bill Clinton President is too horrifying to even contemplate.
I disagree. Texas will never vote for Obama in the General.
The other side IS electrified but it’s electrified by loony leftists. They aren’t the majority vote, imo.
There’s still 8 months til the general. Lots of time.
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