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Well, I refer to these people as not quite Ed Koch or not quite Zell Miller. I too don't think you'll find too many Republicans who would vote for Kerry. Free Republic has had some conservatives who have suggested a Kerry presidency and a Republican congress would gridlock the country so that would be a good thing....

I think some reasonably intelligent democrats may yet be undecided. They didn't like Bush in 2000, but after 9/11 fell in love or at least strong like with him. Now, three years later all their old democrat ghosts are coming back to haunt them, such as hating tax cuts, hating big business, supporting abortion, etc. However, they like Bush still. For Ed Koch and Zell Miller, the choice was easy. Staying alive trumps socialist policies.

for these undecided folks, the problem is they like Bush. They're reluctant to dump him. They wouldn't do that to a friend. Unlike Ed and Zell, they don't recognize just how precarious our national security is in regard to the terrorists, so can't make the final connection that would firmly put them in the Bush camp. So they're flirting with Kerry and his liberalism, because that's dancing with who brung them to the dance. They just think Bush is really hot.

This is a great advantage to Bush, though. They may probably come home to their dem roots at some point, but it might not be until after the Bush presidency.