February 10, 2008

Obama's Appeal to Republicans

I think this quote from a Republican voting for Obama captures the main reason for his crossover support:

In Virginia, a Longtime Republican Votes for Change - washin...

"That was a time when we felt really good about being Americans," DeBusk said, her feet folded onto the couch in her spacious living room. "He made you feel proud to be an American. He was very patriotic, and he was able to express that in a way that people felt it. I would love that for my children, because I think we feel badly about ourselves. Every day, you're hearing they [people in the rest of the world] hate the Americans. These people hate the Americans."

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