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Are Republicans Voting For Obama Or Clinton?

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 11:13am by Wick Allison
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There’s anecdotal evidence both ways. Some of our commenters says they are voting for Clinton to mess up the Democratic race. Others say they are voting for Obama (a) because, like Christine Allison, they are disgusted with the GOP, or (b) because they want to drive a nail into the Clintons’ political coffin. Rod Dreher’s latest thoughts on the Obama phenomenon here.

8 Comments to “Are Republicans Voting For Obama Or Clinton?”

Warrior Needs Food Badly @ March 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am

As a reasonable conservolibertian guy that’s fascinated by politics, I’m voting Hillary. I know that the GOP nomination is set (no matter what the Huckafreak thinks), I want my vote to count, and I really, really want a brokered Democratic convention. It should be extraordinary political theatre.

As for the lovely Mrs. Allison’s disgust with the GOP - and I share most of it - let me paraphrase two of the finer American political thinkers of our time, Trey Parker and Matt Stone: while I may or may not always support and vote for the Republicans*, I can never ever support or vote for the Democrats*.

*In the primaries
Nick @ March 3rd, 2008 at 12:01 pm

This “disgusted with the GOP” thing is WAAAAAYYYYY over blown by the liberal media.
Bethany @ March 3rd, 2008 at 12:09 pm

It’s been a couple of weeks ago, but I believe George Stephanopoulos put forth the idea that perhaps Hilary needed Barack more than Barack needed Hilary. The gist of his theory was that Obama could beat McCain, but Clinton could not, unless she had Obama as a running mate. I can’t remember if he had some kind of polling to back that assertion, though, or if the pigs were retrofitted for their wings.
Warrior Shot the Food @ March 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 pm

I fit a little bit of (a) in Wick’s analysis, but maily (b). I registered in New York so I could take a vote away from Hillary. Looks like either way, regardless of what party they claim, we’ll be voting a Democrat into the White House come November.
Rawlins @ March 3rd, 2008 at 1:45 pm

Earth to ‘Nick’: Dream on……… (Ask your host Wick…or Dreher to whom he links.)

Love ya, Peggy Noonan
Lee, Dallas, Texas @ March 3rd, 2008 at 3:57 pm

Nick, my 87 year old mother, who has voted Republican as long as I can remember, voted for Obama. Not a protest vote.
Nick @ March 4th, 2008 at 10:40 am

thats because she is about dead; all oldies go dem.
Mike P @ March 5th, 2008 at 7:44 am

In Ohio, they were urging Republicans on the conservative radio stations to vote for Clinton because she has no chance to beat McCain, while they think Obama is the devil. In most counties in Southern Ohio, they ran out of cross over forms. Some counties had over 10000 Republicans voting on the Dem side, most for Clinton to sabatoge the election.