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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They're scum.
Pretty simple answer.
Oh please M(ore)S(ocialist)N(azi)B(ull)C(rap).
Just Say No to Hillary!
although viewed as useful in this instance, is allowing crossover voting in a primary really a good idea ?
What would be interesting is the percentage who plan to stab their country . . . I mean vote for Obama in the general election.
I live in Texas and this confuses me. We have a closed primary system. My voter registration card is marked “Republican” and I can’t vote in the DemocRAT primary election. I voted before early voting as I left on a business trip that last beyond election day. I had to tell the election officials my party affiliation before they would send me an absentee ballot. I don’t see how Texas can “cross over” - we don’t have an open primary like several of the earlier states.
Much as I dread hillary, I’m not sure if this is the smart thing to do.
It’ll be easier to take out Obama in the general? Get the wicked witch out of the race as FAST as possible?
Stupid Chris Matthews probably thinks those Republicans will stick with Obama in the general election.
Yea...Republicans are voting for Barak in the primary...but they won’t in the general...does the MSM really think that any republican would support Obama? Please.
Maybe they don't favor "He Whose Middle Name Must Not Be Mentioned" as much as they despise "She Whose Last Name Must Not Be Spoken".
I think more will cross over to vote for Hillary so that Obama does not win in Texas. It will be easier to defeat Senator Clinton in the general election, believe me!
Faced with McCain? I’d take Hillary too. :D
Personally, I think it's pretty lame.
Lots of Democrats won’t vote for a black man, that’s why.
Crazy. It will be tougher to bit Obama than Hillary. I plan on voting for Hillary (in the primary only, OK). I want to see the Democratic party divided and, while a Hillary as Commander in Chief is scary, Obama as Commander in Chief is a nightmare.
Oh, I don't know, why don't you ask the democrats and independents in the early primaries that helped give us McCain? Personally, I don't think open primaries are a good idea. Ours was closed in Louisiana.
Yep.
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