[Ronin]

He has the potential to win over some RINOs, but not Republicans as I understand the definition.

[John Valentine]

What a collection of nitwits, from the author right on down to the interviewees.

[RDTF]

they just referred to them as ‘Obamacans’ on Fox

[RetiredArmy]

There is no such thing. If they are for Obama or Hillary, they are not conservatives. They might CALL themselves republicans, but that would put them directly in the RINO category. Or, they are simply Marxist Dimocrats trying to tell us they are republicans. Any, ANY, ANY person that calls him or herself a conservative, that votes for Hillary or McCain or Miff, ARE NOT CONSERVATIVES.

[toddlintown]

“Lisa Kinzer, 30, is another rock-ribbed Republican who’s gone Obama.”

Sure.

[muawiyah]

Obamasama sounds more and more like Eisenhower. He has nearly the same vocal qualities to start with and it sounds like he's receiving voice lessons to improve on it.

This is exceptionally dangerous for the Hildabeast since Ike attracted millions of Democrats with little more than the soothing sound of his voice.

Remember, he was the Supreme Allied Commander.

Ike also attracted millions of Republicans.

[Semper911]

I can see a Republican voting for Obama, but only in an effort to thwart Hillary.

Otherwise, said voter is hardly a Republican. (On the other hand, many "Republicans" are voting for McCain, so it's hard to say what Republican means any more.)

[gusopol3]

says Brian F. Schaffner, an assistant professor of political science at American University in Washington, D.C. "Obama definitely has the potential to win over some Republicans in the same way that Reagan won over some Democrats,” says Brian F. Schaffner, an assistant professor of political science at American University in Washington, D.C.

I know Salena ias a Freeper, but her go-to guys are despicable leftists, at least in the last two cases I've checked. Schaffner's political contribution history on Newsmeat is short and exclusive : America Coming Together , about which Wikipedia says:

America Coming Together (ACT) was a liberal, political action, 527 group dedicated to get-out-the-vote activities. ACT did not specifically endorse any political party, but mostly worked on behalf of Democratic candidates. They were the largest 527 group in 2004 and were planning on being involved in races in the future. They were primarily funded by Peter Lewis, George Soros, and labor unions, especially the Service Employees International Union, and led by Steve Rosenthal, who is the former political director for the AFL-CIO.

so basically, what you have here is the Soros shaping of public opinion

[proudofthesouth]

How ANYONE can vote for this Muzzie I will never understand. I know a retired West Point graduate/career Army guy who is over the moon over him. He and his wife think he is the greatest thing since store bought bread and they are Christians!

[Pietro]

"Barack Obama speaks in a clear style..."

O'Barnum's speaking style, which is to accent the end of each phrase is an old carny barker's trick.

[ricks_place]

A few Republicans will be wooed by Obamscam but not many.

[LowCountryJoe]

This is a joke, right? Reagan declared that the government was the problem...and most all of us have jumped that ship and are up to our necks in the water. We’d like to think that we hear Reagan when politicians speak — a Reagan throwing us a life preserver. But no politician in this era has ever been on the same ship as Reagan was so the life preservers that are thrown to us today are made entirely out of lead.

[davidlachnicht]

I know more than a few of these folks...
you’ve heard of “self-hating Jews”,
the Obamacans I know are “self-hating Catholics”.

[Theo]

The money quote: “This is a matter of style over substance.”

Obama has no substance. He’s all just style.

FWIW, I absolutely *hate* his phony “uh” rhetorical style. It’s uh grating to hear his uh little affectations coming uh through all the uh time. Ugh.

[CatQuilt]

He won't be winning over prolife Republicans...

[Drew68]

I don't think this story is entirely BS. I am hearing a lot of, "Despite the fact that I disagree with Obama on everything, I'm really starting to like the guy!"

Obama generates warm feelings among Republicans who enjoy watching the Clintons lose their grip on power and then lash out publicly in red-faced anger towards the one person who is standing in their way. Given the disgust so many Republicans are feeling towards their own candidates, some of pleasure in watching Obama giving Hillary her comeuppance might actually carry over to a "maybe he might not be a bad president" attitude.

I do feel that if the Democrats are smart enough to nominate Obama, they'll win in a landslide. The Clintons are bound and determined to not let this happen. They would rather destroy their party than lose power.

[Theodore R.]

Many Republican primary voters are as dense and uninformed as their Democrat neighbors. I would imagine that some could be won over on emotional grounds to back Oprah’s Obama.

[infidel29]

The magic of Reagan wasn't just the way he said things, it was what he said. He built the coalition because he got democrats to believe what he was saying not just because he said it so well.

Any "republican" who would vote for Obama isn't a republican.

"Republicans for Obama" is like "gay men for T & A"

[Dems_R_Losers]

I know I will get brickbats here, but I will probably vote for Obama over McCain. I would rather vote for an authentic liberal than a liberal dressing in drag as a conservative. To paraphrase Harry Truman, if my choices are a real Democrat or a fake one, why not vote for the real thing?

Obama will either turn out to be a great President or he will be a Jimmy Carter type disaster, and Mitt Romney will win in 2012. Either way we are finally rid of John McNasty. Mitch McConnell will hold down the fort in the Senate until 2012.

[AmericaUnited]

I’ll bet quite of few of these so-called rock-ribbed Pubbies have zero clue as to Obama’s hyper liberal record and that his nicey-nice sounding platitudes equal hyper liberal policies.