When speaking with Independents, it's effective to trumpet the lifelong Republicans who support Obama for President. In a courageous act they have broken with their party. They are ready to take the consequences of political opprobrium from their erstwhile colleagues.
These are some of the Republicans behind Obama:
Lincoln Chafee-- former Senator from Rhode Island and a candidate for Governor
Susan Eisenhower-- national security expert and grand-daughter of President Eisenhower.
Lilibet Hagel--an indpendent woman's voice from the Nebraska heartland and wife of Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebr.).
Linwood Holton--former Republican Governor of Virginia
Jim Leach--Long serving House member from Iowa and National Chairman of Common Cause.
A stpry worth telling: Susan Eisnehower received a call from Senator Obama in 2007. He had already announced for President. He asked her for her ideas on national security matters. She told him she is a life long Republican and was not prepared to support him. He said that didn't matter. He wanted her ideas. Only later did she decide to support Obama after watching him in action, studying his national security views and comparing those views to his opposition. She admired the process of how Obama came to his public judgments. Only then did she break with her life long support of the Republican Party. This story was told to me by a voter who heard Susan Eisenhower tell it at a public meeting in Virginia.
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