Why would a life long Republican who has never voted for a Democrat in local, state or federal elections support Obama over any Republican presidential candidate (except possibly McCain)? In short, why am I an Obama Republican?
For starters and by way of background, I can assure you it is most assuredly not his political philosophy. Although I am thinking about quitting the Republican party and becoming an Independent I registered as a Republican in the late 80’s because I thought the Republicans believed in small limited government and as a fiscal conservative there was little doubt which party espoused this viewpoint. It is clear that Obama does not share my basic philosophical outlook on the basic role of government and thus there would seem to be little reason for me to support him.
