from the horses mouth: Rethug mind set for voting for Obama in Texas....

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Texas Republicans cross over to vote for Obama
msnbc ^ | 2/28/08

Posted on 02/28/2008 8:21:07 PM PST by LouAvul

One of Sen. Barack Obama’s surest applause lines comes about halfway into his standard stump speech. It goes like this:

“They whisper to me. They say, ‘Barack, I’m a Republican, but I support you.’ And I say, ‘Thank you. Why are we whispering?’”

If the latest polling data are to be believed, those Republicans aren’t whispering in Texas, where 195 of the 228 delegates the state will send to the Democratic National Convention will be chosen in a primary and caucuses Tuesday.

As many as a tenth of the Texans voting in the Democratic contests could be Republicans, and overwhelmingly they favor Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, the polls show.

“I ran for Republican precinct chair. I went to the Republican state convention,” said one of them, Donald Rau of Austin, who has already voted in early balloting. “In this election, I voted for Barack Obama.”

GOP support ‘no longer surprising’ A poll released this week by SurveyUSA of Verona, N.J., indicated that registered Republicans would make up 9 percent of Democratic primary voters next week. Michael Baselice, head of Baselice and Associates, a Texas polling firm, said that was in line with what his company was finding.

A bloc that large could make a significant difference for Obama, who holds a large lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York among Texas Republicans, especially in a close race. Polls this week were showing a dead heat in Texas as Obama began pulling even with Clinton.

To: LouAvul
We don't like the Clintons.

They're scum.

Pretty simple answer.
2 posted on 02/28/2008 8:22:40 PM PST by LdSentinal
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To: LouAvul

Just Say No to Hillary!

4 posted on 02/28/2008 8:24:13 PM PST by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), '89-'96)
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To: LouAvul

although viewed as useful in this instance, is allowing crossover voting in a primary really a good idea ?

5 posted on 02/28/2008 8:24:25 PM PST by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: LouAvul

What would be interesting is the percentage who plan to stab their country . . . I mean vote for Obama in the general election.

6 posted on 02/28/2008 8:24:44 PM PST by StAthanasiustheGreat (Vocatus Atque Non Vocatus Deus Aderit)
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To: LouAvul

I live in Texas and this confuses me. We have a closed primary system. My voter registration card is marked “Republican” and I can’t vote in the DemocRAT primary election. I voted before early voting as I left on a business trip that last beyond election day. I had to tell the election officials my party affiliation before they would send me an absentee ballot. I don’t see how Texas can “cross over” - we don’t have an open primary like several of the earlier states.

7 posted on 02/28/2008 8:25:12 PM PST by Manfred the Wonder Dawg (Test ALL things, hold to that which is True.)
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To: LouAvul

Much as I dread hillary, I’m not sure if this is the smart thing to do.

8 posted on 02/28/2008 8:25:21 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: LdSentinal

It’ll be easier to take out Obama in the general? Get the wicked witch out of the race as FAST as possible?

9 posted on 02/28/2008 8:25:21 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Hillary Clinton - It's OBAMAS Party and She'll Cry if She Wants to?)
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To: LouAvul

Stupid Chris Matthews probably thinks those Republicans will stick with Obama in the general election.

10 posted on 02/28/2008 8:25:30 PM PST by counterpunch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl32Y7wDVDs)
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To: LouAvul

Yea...Republicans are voting for Barak in the primary...but they won’t in the general...does the MSM really think that any republican would support Obama? Please.

11 posted on 02/28/2008 8:25:32 PM PST by Hildy (You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep cause reality is finally better than your dreams)
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To: LouAvul
Not I. I would not be able to overcome the sense of sheer revulsion for voting for Hillary or Obama even in a primary. I’d rather perform an apdendecomy on myself with a snail fork.
12 posted on 02/28/2008 8:25:42 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: LouAvul
As many as a tenth of the Texans voting in the Democratic contests could be Republicans, and overwhelmingly they favor Obama...

Maybe they don't favor "He Whose Middle Name Must Not Be Mentioned" as much as they despise "She Whose Last Name Must Not Be Spoken".
13 posted on 02/28/2008 8:25:55 PM PST by Texas Eagle (Could pacifists exist if there weren't people brave enough to go to war for their right to exist?)
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To: LouAvul

I think more will cross over to vote for Hillary so that Obama does not win in Texas. It will be easier to defeat Senator Clinton in the general election, believe me!

14 posted on 02/28/2008 8:26:18 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: LouAvul

Faced with McCain? I’d take Hillary too. :D

15 posted on 02/28/2008 8:26:20 PM PST by Tzimisce (How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President!)
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To: kingattax
is allowing crossover voting in a primary really a good idea ?

Personally, I think it's pretty lame.
16 posted on 02/28/2008 8:26:36 PM PST by FoxInSocks
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To: LouAvul

Lots of Democrats won’t vote for a black man, that’s why.

17 posted on 02/28/2008 8:26:40 PM PST by SatinDoll (Desperately seeking a conservative candidate.)
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To: LouAvul

Crazy. It will be tougher to bit Obama than Hillary. I plan on voting for Hillary (in the primary only, OK). I want to see the Democratic party divided and, while a Hillary as Commander in Chief is scary, Obama as Commander in Chief is a nightmare.

18 posted on 02/28/2008 8:26:53 PM PST by RushingWater (Pres. Bush honors Mexican sovereignty over our own - Pardon Ramos/Campeon/Hernandez)
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To: kingattax
"although viewed as useful in this instance, is allowing crossover voting in a primary really a good idea ?"

Oh, I don't know, why don't you ask the democrats and independents in the early primaries that helped give us McCain? Personally, I don't think open primaries are a good idea. Ours was closed in Louisiana.
19 posted on 02/28/2008 8:27:54 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: Salvation

Yep.

20 posted on 02/28/2008 8:28:04 PM PST by rintense (You don't advance conservatism by becoming more liberal. Piss off McCain and Huck!)
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To: LouAvul
For whatever reason, Baselice said, the movement toward Obama should be a warning to Republicans.

“Look, if Texas is a problem for Republicans, then it’s a disaster for the rest of the country,” he said.

Alex Johnson, minor league propagandist at MSNBC.

Pathetic liar should be embarrassed to cash his check, the real story is the McCain Democrats.
21 posted on 02/28/2008 8:28:44 PM PST by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: LdSentinal

LOL!

22 posted on 02/28/2008 8:29:06 PM PST by The_Republican (You know why Chelsea Clinton is so Ugly? Because Janet Reno is her Father! LOL! - Mac is Back!)
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To: Hildy

“but they won’t in the general...does the MSM really think that any republican would support Obama? Please.”

The media is intoxicated with Obama, so yes, they are stupid enought to think that Republicans would vote for him.

23 posted on 02/28/2008 8:29:23 PM PST by rbmillerjr ("bigger government means constricting freedom"....................RWR)
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To: LouAvul
Huh? Maybe some FR pundit can explain this strategy.

Free Republic was created to expose Bill and Hillary Clinton and their White Water connections. Hillary Clinton must NEVER be allowed to become President!

So, why would this tactic be difficult to understand?
24 posted on 02/28/2008 8:29:30 PM PST by Hunble
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To: RushingWater

He, Obama, won’t be elected if he is the nominee. Too many Democrats, Asian, Hispanic, and deep South Dems, won’t vote for a black man. I’m not the only one who has had liberals tell me - “no way will I vote for Obama!”

25 posted on 02/28/2008 8:29:34 PM PST by SatinDoll (Desperately seeking a conservative candidate.)
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To: Manfred the Wonder Dawg

>> I live in Texas and this confuses me. We have a closed primary system.

I live in Texas. We have an OPEN primary system. If you have not voted yet this election cycle, you are free to choose a Dem or a Republican ballot.

26 posted on 02/28/2008 8:29:43 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Retire Ron Paul! Support Chris Peden (www.chrispeden.org))
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To: LouAvul

Oh, and tell our Republican congressmen to stop voting in favor of laws like the VAWA for the likes of Hillary.

27 posted on 02/28/2008 8:29:46 PM PST by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt), '89-'96)
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To: LouAvul
As a born and bred Texan... I don’t need MSNBC or any other Marxist-Inbred-Democrat toe-licker telling me what is going to happen in Texas!

When the RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD... Texas is voting REPUBLICAN! PURE RED! Baaaaaaaaaaaaby!
28 posted on 02/28/2008 8:29:56 PM PST by avacado
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
Get the wicked witch out of the race as FAST as possible?
29 posted on 02/28/2008 8:30:15 PM PST by Hunble
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To: kingattax
although viewed as useful in this instance, is allowing crossover voting in a primary really a good idea ?

Not if I was to have my way, especially for the GOP. As far as the Dems are concerned, I could not care less.

This practice is why we have McAmnesty as the presumptive nominee of the GOP.
30 posted on 02/28/2008 8:30:37 PM PST by SoConPubbie (GOP: If you reward bad behavior all you get is more bad behavior.)
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To: LouAvul

If I lived in Ohio nd Texas I would vote for Obama. A chance to get rid (for 4 years atleast) a uniqely evil person in Hillary Clinton.

31 posted on 02/28/2008 8:30:37 PM PST by fkabuckeyesrule
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To: counterpunch

Well the other day you could tell from how many people voted and what per centage were Democrat vs Republican, that there have been MANY MANY crossover voters. When four times more Democrats supposedly voted, you know a lot of Republicans crossed over. A friend of mine told me about this a long time ago. Crossover voting. When you know you can’t change your candidate, you crossover and screw the other side. Since we are STUCK with McCain, we want to get the crappiest candidate on the other side. And Obama is an empty suit. He has pudding for brains.

32 posted on 02/28/2008 8:31:41 PM PST by buffyt (I was not a McCain supporter, but the more I learn about Obama, the better McCain looks!)
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To: indcons
Buffyt just said it best:

When you know you can’t change your candidate, you crossover and screw the other side.
38 posted on 02/28/2008 8:33:44 PM PST by H

To: LouAvul

There is a certain logic to this. They want to prevent a second Clinton Presidency, so they’re voting in Democratic primaries. And their support for Obama in primaries doesn’t mean they’ll support him in the general election.

42 posted on 02/28/2008 8:35:44 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
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To: Manfred the Wonder Dawg; LouAvul
I live in Texas and this confuses me. We have a closed primary system. My voter registration card is marked “Republican” and I can’t vote in the DemocRAT primary election.

In which county do you live. I think someone was pulling your leg. Texas has no party registration. If an election official actually said that, report that person the the Texas Secretary of State.

http://www.sos.state.tx.us/

You can vote in any primary you want. When you vote in a primary, your registration card will be stamped with the name of the party in whose primary you voted, and the county database will be updated indicate the party primary in which you participated. If you vote in the Republican primary you won't be allowed to participate in the Democrat runoffs and vice versa. If you are a candidate for office, you must only vote in your party's primary. Also, if you vote in any partisan primary, you can't give a valid signature for a third party candidate to get onto the general election ballot.
43 posted on 02/28/2008 8:36:43 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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