A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to canvas for Barack Obama in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. As I walked down a street of an exurban precinct, I was approached by a nice man with a big grin.
He said, "I like Obama. I'm not sure if he has enough experience but I think I might vote for him."
Upon hearing this, his neighbor who was sitting on the next house's front porch yelled, "don't listen to him, he is a Repbublican!" After a good laugh I was able to get both gentlemen's names on my canvas list.
I have to say, Republicans in Iowa aren't the evil spawns of Satan as they are portrayed here at DailyKos. Frankly, they were nicer than some of the Democrats I know in Chicago.
Anyway, I got back to the Obama headquarters and shared my experience with the staff there and one said, "You don't know? Republicans for Obama is really big here and we just had a rally in which a third of the audience was Republican. We signed them all of them up for caucus!" I didn't buy it.
Bullshit! I'm sorry but Republicans wont vote for a Democrat.
More below the fold.
Well,
I just opened up the BarackObama.com blog and lo-and-behold. There really are Republicans out there who will vote for Obama.
Across Party Lines: Monica, a Republican for Obama
Today, 268 Iowa Republicans demonstrated this appeal by publicly announcing their intention to cross party lines to support Barack Obama, believing that Barack is the only candidate of either party who can break the gridlock in Washington.
One of these individuals is Monica. She has been a registered Republican her whole adult life, but is now an active volunteer for a Democratic presidential campaign, seeing something new and inspiring in Barack's candidacy.
Blogosphere head explosion to begin in 10, 9, 8, 7...