Rats, sinking ship. Etc. May be one of the biggest protest vote potentials we have or will ever see.
Why McCain Lost Our Vote, By CC Goldwater. Huffington Post. October 23, 2008
Buckley Bows Out of National Review, By Christopher Buckley. The Daily Beast. October 14, 2008
Sorry, Dad, I'm Voting for Obama, The Daily Beast. October 10, 2008
National Review Founder Says It's Time to Leave Stage, By David Kirkpatrick. The New York Times. June 29, 2004
Thinking about Obama. By David Brooks. The New York Times.October 17, 2008
David Brooks - Republicans Will Vote For Obama. YouTube. January 12, 2008
Powell endorses Obama for president. Meet the Press. Sunday, October 19, 2008
McCain Loses His Head, By George Will. Washington Post. September 23, 2008
Hail Mary vs. Cool Barry, By Charles Krauthammer. Washington Post.
Friday, October 3, 2008; A23
Obamacans: Prominent Republicans Line Up Behind Obama, By Susan Davis. The Wall Street Journal. October 24, 2008
Weld Back Obama. Boston Globe. October 24, 2009
Carlson endorses Obama, spurred by Bachmann remarks. Star Tribune. October 23, 2008
First Colin Powell, Now . . ., By George Packer. The New Yorker. October 20, 2008
Just for the sake of fairness in reporting:
ReplyDeleteCC Goldwater: not conservative
Chris Buckley: libertarian
Daily Beast: never heard of it
David Kirkpatrick: NYT (nuff said)
David Brooks: gay libertarian
Colin Powell: not conservative
George Will: neo-con
Charles Krauthammer: neo-con
Bill Weld: not conservative (RINO)
Arne Carlson: not conservative (RINO)
And the list of NOT conservatives goes on.
Not that your point doesn't have merit...it's that your examples don't meet the stated criteria.
You would have a much broader and more accurate list if your stated criterion was "hold your nose and vote for McCain" conservatives. Then, you would see my name at the top of the list!