Supported by Republicans, Obama Takes Lead in Presidential Race

[Demeter]

http://usliberals.about.com/b/a/257900.htm?nl=1

Sen. Barack Obama is THE leading 2008 presidential candidate, per a late May 2007 Zogby poll.

Reported the Angus-Reid Global Monitor:

"At least 46 per cent of respondents would support the Illinois senator in head-to-head contests against four prospective Republican nominees.

"Obama holds a three-point edge over Arizona senator John McCain, a six-point lead over former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, and a 17-point advantage over both former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and actor and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson.

"In other contests, both New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and former North Carolina senator John Edwards lead Romney and Thompson, but trail Giuliani and McCain."
The reason for Sen. Obama's dominance against potential Republican 2008 contenders for the White House? Republicans themselves.

Republicans for Obama

Seems that the senator from Illinois is rapidly developing a following among Republicans disenchanted with their own party's candidates.

In fact, one of the fastest growing campaign websites is Republicans for Obama, which presently counts chapters in 11 states, including Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania and Colorado.

And now comes word that Republican Colin Powell may join the Obama for President groundswell.


OBAMA COULD BE THE ANTI-LIEBERMAN, IF HE WANTS TO.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Two words:

Lucy. Football.

[Demeter]

9. LOL!

:rofl:

[gordianot]

2. That is fascinating, just when you thought you had seen it all.

[Demeter]

10. I Thought Someone Would Be Amused, or Bemused, or Whatever!

[spag68]

3. I respect what Obama has done

however, since when do you trust rethugs even when they seem to be doing the right thing. Maybe the rove and his cohorts are fanning this support, and want to run against him. As for Powell, When he made that speech at the UN and we all knew it was lies, it made me distrust him and that has not changed. He was doing the dance on the talk shows, if he is so smart how could he not know it was a pack of lies. When the rethugs do something like this, it is time to check our collective backs for the knife.

[MadMaddie]

4. Maybe Powell is trying to right his eggregious wrong....

He seems to be speaking out more....

But I will believe it when I see it....

[elocs]

5. Ahhh! I love the smell of paranoia in the morning!

But just because somebody is paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't being followed. Or, there's the good one: "Help! I'm being followed by paranoids". Now if we could only figure out if the Republicans want us to nominate Senator Clinton or Obama. Or are they giving us the double reverse with a twist?

[spag68]

7. no one knows

what lurks in their evil minds, not even they do!!!!

[katsy]

6. But this refers to republicon voters... not politicians.

Maybe, just maybe, the right Democtratic candidate will make them former republicons... forever.

It's good news for Senator Obama. I hope he drags more people into the our party.

[Demeter]

11. Trust the GOP? Moi? Not since Nixon!

I'm very good at memory tasks.

[madrchsod]

8. obama received more votes than kerry

in north western ilinois which is solid republican. moderate republicans did not vote for alan keyes they voted for obama. maybe moderate republicans across the country are seeing the handwriting on the wall as they did in illinois.

[classysassy]

12. A scam

The republicans,realize a black person can't win,so they support Obama.Those bastards are taking racism to another level.