Republicans for Obama

An organization has been launched that only adds legitimacy to the idea that Barack Obama might be the most electable Democrat in the race.  The group Republicans for Obama is founded by politically conservative, card-carrying Republicans who claim there is only one candidate that can bring the country together:

Collectively, we have campaigned, worked for, and voted Republican allour lives, but recognize that our Country needs a new kind of leader atthis time.  While there will always be important issues on whichthoughtful Americans will disagree, there are others that cannot be upfor debate—  our economic prosperity and our standing in the world.

While a growing number of our elected officials and media outlets usewedge issues to purposely divide us, and answer to special interestgroups at the expense of the general welfare, Senator Obama has theability to break this trend.  Senator Obama has rejected the politicsof division and the win-at-all-costs attitude that has hurt our abilityto move forward as a nation.  While we as Republicans will not alwayssee eye to eye with a President Obama, we know that his politics ofcompetency and unity will lead to a stronger America.

Republicans for Obama is more than just a group of friends that thought it would be totally awesome to start a blog.  The organization already has eleven chapters -- even one in the heart of Texas.

This is not the first time Republicans have embraced Barack Obama.  During Obama's 2004 Senate match-up with Republican Alan Keyes, a number of conservative columnists indicated that despite Obama's stances, his language of unity was attractive.  Christopher McAuliffe, a conservative writer, wrote just that in September of '04:

Democrat Barack Obama is, so far as I can tell, a run-of-the-millleft-wing Democrat. His positions certainly indicate that he shares thetraditional contempt his party has had for ordinary citizens. Still, heis predictable and measured, and he has been appearing ever more thecentrist in comparison to his Tasmanian Devil of an opponent, formerAmbassador Alan Keyes.

In other words, many Americans could care less about what a candidate's stances are.  What they do want, however, is a candidate that embraces the politics of hope.  They want to be inspired.  So to most voters, hope and inspiration are essential ingredients that make a candidate look moderate.

Comments

[George]

Nice. I'm so eager to see if the Obama grassroots can overwhelm Hillary's political machine. This country desperately needs to have someone with the grassroots appeal of Obama.

[granny]

Goody! Goody! Goody!