Another Repub endorses Obama...

[damonm]

This time William Weld, former Gov. of MA.

Weld said he's never endorsed a Democrat for president before, but in the last six weeks or so, it became "close to a no-brainer." Obama has a history of bringing Democrats, Republicans and independents together and is the best choice at a time when America's standing in the world is at a low point, he said.

"It's not often you get a guy with his combination of qualities, chief among which I would say is the deep sense of calm he displays, and I think that's a product of his equally deep intelligence," he said in a phone interview.

He insisted his endorsement was based on an assessment of Obama's strengths, not Republican John McCain's weaknesses.

"John McCain is a very good guy," he said. "I do think the Republican Party has been playing on an increasingly small field in the last couple of elections."

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/10/24/former_mass_gov_william_weld_to_endorse_obama_1224835789/

[DerekJ]

1. I lost count ... N/T

[Renew Deal]

2. Which cabinet position is he after?

:D That's good news.

[damonm]

6. Might be after AG...

He headed the Criminal division of RR's DOJ.

But I still think O should make Tucker Carlson chief of Amtrak - poor shlub needs a job!;)

[Essene]

3. nice. keep the updates coming =D

[FrenchieCat]

4. Excellent!

[tigereye]

5. wow. Scott McClellan, Powell, son o Buckley - who's next?

[damonm]

9. Think of all the moderate, semi-coherent GOPers,

and they'll come off that list.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

7. "the Republican Party has been playing on an increasingly small field"

Does he mean that the Republican party has been shifting more and more to the extreme whacko right and losing moderates and independents?

I think the Republican party will have to reinvent itself, reject the religious right, and move to the center in the coming years if it wants to remain viable.

[damonm]

11. Precisely what struck me as the telling point.

And they will, just as we had to in the '90s to get some traction again. But they won't do this anytime soon - they're still convinced of the rightness of their insanity. It's going to take at LEAST 1 more presidential ass-kicking to make them start seeing reason.

[last1standing]

8. Isn't he the candidate that LIEberman originally beat to get his senate seat?

It just goes to show that you can't judge a book by it's cover - or it's affiliation.

[damonm]

10. No.

Weld is from MA. Lieberman is from Connecticut. You're thinking of Lowell Weicker.

[last1standing]

12. Thank you, you're absolutely right.

Looks like I pulled a Drudge. :blush: