Former Bush donors now giving to Obama

[Fozzledick]

BY GREG GORDON
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WASHINGTON --
Beverly Fanning is among the campaign donors who'll be joining President Bush at a gala at Washington's Ford's Theater Sunday night, but she says that won't dissuade her from her current passion: volunteering for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. She isn't the only convert. A McClatchy computer analysis, incomplete due to the difficulty matching data from various campaign finance reports, found that hundreds of people who gave at least $200 to Bush's 2004 campaign have donated to Obama.

Among them are Julie Nixon Eisenhower, the daughter of the late GOP President Richard Nixon and wife of late GOP President Dwight Eisenhower's grandson; Connie Ballmer, the wife of Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer; Ritchie Scaife, the estranged wife of conservative tycoon Richard Mellon Scaife and boxing promoter Don King.

Many of the donors are likely ''moderate Republicans or independents who are dissatisfied with the direction of the country now and are looking for change,'' said Anthony Corrado, a government professor at Colby College in Maine who specializes in campaign finance.

''There is a large bloc of Republicans, particularly economic conservatives, who just feel that the Republican Party in Washington completely let them down'' by failing to control spending and address other problems, Corrado said. ``The Republicans have really given these donors no reason to give.''

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http://www.miamiherald.com/campaign08/story/553507.html

[curious one]

1. And your point?

[Fozzledick]

2. Um, that Obama is drawing support away from the Republicans

Did you have a point? :shrug:

[speakfree]

3. Because the same people are pulling the strings.

It is fascinating watching as the left is being manipulated in exactly (and I mean exactly) the same way the right was manipulated in the previous two elections. Obama was a blank slate and is a created candidate. Who owns him? Who created him? I will not vote for him. He will be even easier to control than McCain.

If Clinton is a patriot at all, she will do whatever is necessary to prevent an Obama presidency.

[Fozzledick]

4. So you're supporting McCain because you don't know any better?

[DangerousRhythm]

7. He owns himself and his mom and dad created him.

Any other questions? If you're voting for McCain, why are you here? Why bother?

[Jazzgirl]

10. An alert is imminent......n/t

[anonymous171]

5. Awesome. Steal Bush/McCain's money.

[Barack_America]

6. Maybe the best news I've heard all day.

:thumbsup:

[ruby slippers]

8. Chuck Hagel's wife gave, too......see here

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hqk_Wad6Fx8gLYSd93b8kPxVsY7wD90VDJ080

[OzarkDem]

9. Not surprising at all