Looks like there are some republicans that aren't so dumb after all:
Ken Duberstein is
the latest prominent Republican to say he is going to vote for Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday. Duberstein, who was President Reagan's White House chief of staff, told CNN he was influenced by former secretary of state Colin Powell's endorsement.
Powell was Reagan's national security adviser while Duberstein was chief of staff. Powell's decision to back Obama amounted to "the
Good Housekeeping seal of approval," Duberstein said.
Duberstein supported Republican John McCain in 2000. He was neutral in the GOP primaries this year but by March was
on board with Team McCain.
Another Reagan-era figure, former solicitor general Charles Fried,
also endorsed Obama recently -- and stepped down as an adviser to McCain.
Two former senators,
Larry Pressler of South Dakota and
Charles McC. Mathias of Maryland, have endorsed Obama. So have two former GOP governors ,
William Weld of Massachusetts and
Arne Carlson of Minnesota. A third, former Michigan governor William Millken, has
withdrawn his support for McCain but stopped short of endorsing Obama.
Conservative academic
Francis Fukuyama is another prominent defector. Citing the "unnecessary" Iraq war and the collapse of the U.S. financial system, he said "it would be a tragedy to reward the Republicans for failure on such a grand scale."
Other key Republicans for Obama include Scott McClellan (President Bush's former press secretary), Susan Eisenhower (the late president's granddaughter), Lilibet Hagel (wife of GOP senator Chuck Hagel), former congressman Jim Leach of Iowa, outgoing congressman Wayne Gilchrest of Maryland, former senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island and writer Christopher Buckley, whose endorsement led to a rift with
National Review, the conservative magazine his father founded.
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