Well,it isn’t as if Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity has jumped ship to support Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, although I remember that neither GOP loudmouth had few positive comments for the GOP standard-bearer Sen. John McCain during the primaries.
But lo and behold, more Republicans are jumping ship to support Obama. Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Ret. Gen. Colin Powell has company with other GOP notables: former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan, former Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chaffee, and former GOP Governor of Massachusetts William Weld, former Sen. Larry Pressler, R-South Dakota.
Granted, many if not most of the above are not Rush Limbaugh Republicans (meaning lunatics), but then again Limbaugh was not at all a McCain supporter until the GOP candidate was selected at the summer national convention.
I pass this along mainly as a note of how momentum seems to be building for Obama. That isn’t to say he will win. The GOP has become very astute at stealing elections, perhaps it is something they learned from the Democrats.
My personal feeling is that I plan to vote for Obama. I wish I knew more about what he stood for but I know that he didn’t pick Sarah Palin, someone who isn’t really fit to be a mayor much less a governor or vice president or president, for vice president. That is kind of where it all stands. I hope we get through this election okay as well as the next four years.