Reply #4: Barack Obama is a middle of the road centrist. [View All]

[Romulox]

A generation ago, a huge number of his supporters would have considered themselves Liberal Republicans (liberal on social issues, right-wing on economics.)

After religious nuts took over the Republican party, Liberal Republicans were marginalized and driven from the Republican party, much the same way blue-collar/labor voters are being driven from the present-day Democratic party. Many, many, many of these "socially liberal/economically conservative" voters have thrown their support behind Obama.