Liberals’ Five Favorite Republicans Democrats have broken up with the Olympia Snowes and Christie Whitmans of old. But even in this polarized political moment, there are five Republicans they have learned to love. By Annie Lowrey Newsweek Web Exclusive Mar 15, 2010 In today's hyperpartisan political climate, liberals—especially far-left progressives—have turned on the more moderate conservatives they once loved. Christie Whitman? A failure as chief of the Environmental Protection Agency. Olympia Snowe? A lost cause and waste of time in the health-care-reform fight. Arlen Specter? Well, now he's a Democrat, and not the base's favorite one. You don't see the...