Good news! Republicans across the country are abandoning the Republican Party in order to vote Democrat!
Hopefully people can read this news story just for its entertainment value without starting another round of non-productive candidate trashing (I'm officially done with the Obama-bashing.... at least until the next time he does something stupid :-). To be fair, there are pros and cons on both sides in this story that I've made sure to include. But two things really stood out to me:
1. People are voting en masse because for the first time in decades THEIR VOTES MATTER. (Yet another strong reason to kick Iowa & NH out of the vetting process.)
2. Republicans are voting for Hillary and Obama for two very different reasons.
Clinton-Obama race spurs party switches
"The bottom line is, this is the first Oregon presidential primary I have ever voted in my life that actually could matter, and I am not going to pass up that chance just because I am registered with the wrong party," said the 45-year-old Buckingham. "I want to make sure whoever gets in there, it is someone I can live with."
Many voters say they have made the switch to grab the chance to have.... Some renegade conservatives, though, will admit to switching in order to drag out the Democratic primary as long as possible in the hope of bruising both candidates along the way.
'We don't know a stinking thing about him'
Talk radio hostess Victoria Taft, a familiar Republican voice in the Democratic-leaning Pacific Northwest, said that even in her wildest dreams, she never imagined urging her listeners to vote for Clinton. But these days, Taft is firmly on the New York senator's bandwagon, along with national conservative talk radio heavyweights like Rush Limbaugh and Laura Ingraham.
"I almost can't say this without choking, but I'm going to vote for Hillary Clinton," Whisler said. "Just on the basis of finding out more about each candidate."
None of the major candidates reflects her views on immigration policy, Whisler said. Still, in November, she said she'll "hold my nose," and vote for McCain.
