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One Republican Explains His Switch to Obama

By Irish Musician for Progressive Solutions - Nov 3rd, 2008 at 9:31 pm EST

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The post-mortems are being written on this cycle, even as we are two days away from Election Day. One of the more talked-about and controversial stories this year has been the selection of Sarah Palin as John McCain's Vice President. Her obvious strengths as a charismatic campaigner who appeals very strongly to the conservative base have been offset by concerns that she's not ready to serve as President if needed (affirmed as strongly as ever this week with 59% saying she's not qualified) and an ideology that has motivated many Democrats as much as it's energized the Republican base. I bring up Palin, because she has been a key factor in some of the very high-profile Republican defections to Obama, including that of Colin Powell, Ken Adelman and just Friday, Ken Duberstein, who was Reaganâ€™s Chief of Staff.

I had the opportunity to sit down with a lifelong Republican to ask him about his own decision to cross party lines and vote for Barack Obama this year. An interesting take on the challenges we face and why he prefers Obama over McCain despite disagreeing with him on many issues:

http://vimeo.com/2132649?pg=embed&sec=2132649

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