ratbastid

My father has only ever voted non-Republican when he voted for Ross Perot.

He's STRONGLY for Obama. He's sick and tired of what the neocons have done to his party, and he thinks McCain is more of the same, tainted by his too-moderate positions of the past that he's flopped away from in this campaign cycle.

It's anecdotal, but I'm hearing it a lot. I think Independents are going to come out strong for Obama, and I think the moderate edge of Republicans are going to be heavily swayed. Those who are disgusted with what Bush did to the GOP are going to see Obama as an attractive option. They wouldn't feel that way about Hillary, but they do about Obama.

EDIT: I know what some of you will say: "If he thought four-years-ago-McCain was too moderate, he must be deluded to like Obama!" Fact is, there are a lot of policy issues he disagrees completely with Obama on. But he believes Obama is the man to bring fundamental change to Washington, and that's more important to him than policy details.