Have You Heard Of Obamacans?!

There is a new buzz term in this presidential campaign season.
That is being an Obamacan-a Republican for the Democrat senator Barack Obama.
According to the Los Angeles Times http://latimes.com, there are quite a few all over the United States, especially in Ohio.
The Times really focuses in on Josh Pedaline. The Times cites that Mr. Pedaline is a lifelong Republican, who reveres Ronald Reagan and voted twice for the current President Bush. Oh, and he is all of 28 years old. Mr. Pedaline says that he is sick and tired of all the partisanship. That his big issue is Social Security. Mr. Pedaline wants a candidate who is not an ideologue, of course he means a conservative ideologue, and one who is willing to compromise and seek solutions.
That is the appeal to Susan Eisenhower, the granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Also why Colin Powell may give his support. And that paragon of Republican virtue, former Senator Lincoln Chafee from Rhode Island. He is so full of guts that once he was voted out of office, Mr. Chafee became an independent.
There is a trend of all these Obamacans. These are not people who are really very comfortable being Republicans in the first place.
In the case of Mr. Pedaline, if he so reveres Ronald Reagan and voted for President Bush twice, does he in fact blame the two for the "partisanship" in Washington? If he is for Sen. Obama, one has to say yes. And that means that he does not really understand the party he claims to have been a member of to begin with.
And Ms. Eisenhower? Who even knows of her in Republican circles? I mean, I did not realize of her import to Republicans until this article. I would say that it is her name and the assumption that she is a tried and true Republican.
Colin Powell is more of an Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican. No ideology. No serious policy. But, he is a black and Republican. His support would be one that could be taken seriously. But, more on the margins and in solidifying Sen. Obama's increasing support in the black community.
Then there is Lincoln Chafee. Mr. Chafee was not exactly in the conservative Republican mainstream. His American Conservative Union lifetime rating was a 34%. Why Democrat Ben Nelson of Nebraska has a 55% rating, much higher than Mr. Chafee. He is not what one would call a Republican of consequence. And, his being an independent means it is not support of an actual Republican. Thus, it is not a real "Republican" endorsement of support.
There is no question that some Republicans are taking a look at Sen. Obama. Some are even conservative Republicans who may not like the fact that Sen. John "F--- You" McCain is the nominee presumptive.
For that matter, there are Democrats who support Sen. "F--- You" McCain, thought they not be as many at this point.
But, when at this point in the campaign season major DDBMSM sources are trying to make it like there will be these mass defections of Republicans to the most liberal senator in the United States http://nationaljournal.com is spin if I ever read it.
Even though there are many conservatives, myself included, who have reservations about Sen. "F--- You" McCain, when up against Sen. Obama and his vapid, cult of personality campaign will be laid out by a man who has wanted to be president longer than Sen. Obama has been alive. And that will rally most of us conservatives and others in the Republican coalition to Sen. "F--- You" McCain.
For most Republicans, the overwhelming majority of Republicans do not want to see an Obama or Hillary Clinton administration, who will lose the War Against Islamofacsist Terror. Who will possibly appoint as many as three new supreme court justices. Who will certainly pursue with abandon socialized medicine. I think that is more of a frightening thought than a moderately conservative McCain administration.
Even if there are some "lifelong" Republicans backing Sen. Barack Obama today.