Showing posts with label conservative endorsements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label conservative endorsements. Show all posts

10.31.2008

addition to the latest lengthy list

of conservatives for Obama:

Ken Duberstein, Former Reagan chief of staff

10.27.2008

the lengthy latest list: conservatives & republicans who endorse obama

From Republican Switchers: WHY CONSERVATIVES SUPPORT BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT --- and why you, and the conservatives you love, should vote for Obama, too

Public Servants:
Colin Powell, Secretary of State under Bush 43
Scott McClellan, Former Press Secretary to President George W. Bush
Douglas Kmiec, Head of the Office of Legal Counsel under Reagan & Bush 41
Charles Fried, Solicitor General of the United States under Reagan
Jackson M. Andrews, Republican Counsel to the U.S. Senate
Susan Eisenhower, Granddaughter of President Eisenhower & President of the Eisenhower Group
Francis Fukuyama, Advisor to President Reagan
Rita Hauser, Former White House intelligence advisor under George W. Bush
Larry Hunter, Former President Reagan Policy Advisor
Bill Ruckelshaus, served in the Nixon and Reagan administrations
Ken Adelman, served in the Ford administration
Lilibet Hagel, Wife of Republican Senator Chuck Hagel

Elected Officials:
Jim Leach, Former Congressman from Iowa
Lincoln Chafee, Former United States Senator from Rhode Island
William Weld, Former Governor of Massachusetts
Arne Carlson, Former Governor of Minnesota
Wayne Gilchrest, Congressman from Maryland
Richard Riordan, Former Mayor of Los Angeles
Lowell Weicker, Former Governor and Senator from Connecticut
Jim Whitaker, Fairbanks, Alaska Mayor
Linwood Holton, Former Governor of Virginia

Columnists and Academics:
Jeffrey Hart, National Review Senior Editor
Andrew Bacevich, Professor of International Relations at Boston University
David Friedman, Economist and son of Milton and Rose Friedman
Christopher Buckley, Son of National Review (NR) founder William F. Buckley & former NR columnist
Andrew Sullivan, Columnist for the Atlantic Monthly
Wick Alison, Former publisher of the National Review
Michael Smerconish, Columnist for the Philadelphia Enquirer
CC Goldwater, Granddaughter of Barry Goldwater

The Latest Endorsements:
38 NEWSPAPERS SWITCH, ENDORSING OBAMA AFTER ENDORSING BUSH IN '04!
From Editor & Publisher: 160 newspapers have endorsed Obama and only 59 have endorsed McCain.

The 160 endorsements include 38 newspapers, such as the conservative Chicago Tribune, which switched from endorsing a Republican in the last presidential election to Barack Obama in this election. (Photo: Shane Vigil)

Think about it--why are so many conservatives and newspapers switching? They know Obama is the best candidate for a better country and a better world!

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**i'd also semi-add Peggy Noonan, David Brooks and half-way acknowledge George Will ... though they haven't endorsed Obama, they've, on occasion walked to the edge.