Republicans for Kerry Versus Democrats for bush

[Norbert]

Just to give you some idea who is winning the crossover war:

Democrats for bush:

Zell Miller, Senator from Georgia
Griffin Bell, Attorney General under President Jimmy Carter (1977-79)
Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City
David Gambrell, former Senator from Georgia (1971-72)
George McKelvey, Mayor of Youngstown, Ohio
Randy Kelly, Mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota
Doug Barnard, former Congressman from Georgia (1977-93)
Brian Golden, Massachusetts State Representative
Virgil Williams, former Chief of Staff to former Georgia Gov. Zell Miller
Sarah Baxter, British former editor at New Statesman with American citizenship who registered to vote for the first time in this election
Sonny Montgomery, former Congressman for Mississippi (1967-1997)
George Dale, Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance
Brad Dye, former Lt. Governor of Mississippi (1980-1992)

http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Democrats_for_Bush_2004


Republicans for Kerry:

Elmer L. Andersen, former Republican Governor of Minnesota (1961-63) -- Oct. 13
Tim Ashby, director, Office of Mexico and the Caribbean, U.S. Commerce Department under Reagan and Bush I -- Oct. 14
Jack Bogle Founder of the Vanguard Mutual Fund.
David Catania, Republican (now Independent) Councilman from Washington, D.C. -- Sept. 29
Steve Chapman, conservative syndicated columnist, Chicago Tribune -- Oct. 24
Mike Cobb, former Republican Mayor of Palo Alto, California -- Sept. 8
George Comstock, Mayor of Portola Valley, California -- Sept. 1
Marlow Cook, former Republican Senator from Kentucky (1968-74) -- Oct. 20
David Durenberger, former Senator from Minnesota (1978-95) -- Oct. 27 (endorsing Kerry health plan over Bush's)
John Eisenhower, son of former Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Sept. 9
John A. Galbraith, former Republican Ohio General Assemblyman -- Sept. 28
Peter Gillette, former Republican Commissioner of Trade for Minnesota (1991-95) -- Oct. 20
Lee Iacocca, former Chrysler Chairman -- June 25
Anne Morton Kimberly, widow of Rogers C.B. Morton, former Republican Representative from Maryland -- Oct. 14
Steve May, former Republican state legislator from Arizona -- Sept. 10
Pete McCloskey (editorial here), former Republican Representative from California. Sept 6
Ballard Morton, son of Thruston Morton, former Republican Senator from Kentucky -- Oct. 14
Clay Myers, Republican Secretary of State (1967-77) and State Treasurer (1977-84) for Oregon -- Sept. 1
Clyde Prestowitz, counselor to Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Commerce -- Oct. 6
Rick Russman, former Republican State Senator from New Hampshire -- Oct. 7
William Milliken, former Republican Governor of Michigan (1969-82) -- Oct. 18
Charley Reese, conservative columnist/journalist, Orlando Sentinel (1971-2001) -- May 17
Bill Rutherford, former Treasurer of Oregon and Chair of the Oregon Investment Council -- Sept. 1
Richard Schmalensee, former Council of Economic Advisers member for President George H. W. Bush -- Oct. 12
Jon Silver, former Republican Mayor of Portola Valley, California -- Sept. 24
Gail Slocum, former Republican Mayor of Menlo Park, California -- Sept. '04
Bob Smith, retired Republican Senator from New Hampshire -- Oct 28
Andrew Sullivan, conservative columnist, former editor of The New Republic -- Oct. 26 (on Jul. 25 he announced he wouldn't vote for Bush)
Russell E. Train, (interview) EPA chief under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford -- Jul. '04
Jude Wanniski, former associate editor of The Wall Street Journal, coined term "supply side economics" -- Oct. 27
Marshall Wittmann, former communications director to Arizona Republican Senator John McCain -- Oct. 7

In addition yo this list Republicans who won't vote for bush:

Basil Akers, 1992 RNC NM delegate for George H. W. Bush and U.S. Army intelligence analyst in Vietnam, Oct. 25
Bob Barr, former Republican Representative from Georgia (1995-2003) -- Oct. 14
Robert L. Black, retired Republican judge of the Ohio First District Court of Appeals -- Oct. 13
John H. Buchanan, former Republican Congressman from Alabama -- Oct. 4
Lincoln Chafee, Republican Senator from Rhode Island -- Oct. 4
John Dean, former White House Counsel to former Republican President Nixon -- Apr. '04
Paul Findley, former Republican Representative from Illinois -- Apr. '04
A. Linwood Holton former Republican Governor of Virginia (1970-74) -- Aug. 29
Log Cabin Republicans -- Sept. 8
Paul O'Neill, former Treasury Secretary to Republican President George W. Bush -- Jan. '04
Richie Robb, mayor of South Charleston, WV (and 2004 Electoral College WV Republican elector) -- Sep. '04
William Saletan, "liberal Republican" columnist for Slate -- Sept. 1
Karl W. B. Schwarz, very conservative Republican from Arkansas -- Oct. 20 (see also <1>)
Walter Olson, Bush 2000 campaign advisor -- Oct. 26

http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/Republicans_for_Kerry_2004


I'm no rocket scientist but I believe we are winning the war on this front. :) :toast:

Note: The good thing about this website is that it has links to each of these names with a a story or op/ed written by them.

[Jade Fox]

1. Wow. The killer is that last one....

A Bush campaign advisor from 2000?

At this point anyone still supporting Bush must have to be doing
contortions to avoid the obvious stupidity of that choice.