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Obama for Republicans

Washington - Barack Obama's campaign announced on Tuesday the launch of 'Republicans for Obama', venturing deep onto rival White House contender John McCain's turf to woo disenchanted conservatives. The Democrat's campaign said the group was being spearheaded by former lawmaker Jim Leach of Iowa, former Rhode Island senator Lincoln Chaffee and Rita Hauser, who was a prominent fundraiser for President George W Bush. "Across the country Democrats, independents, and Republicans are coming together in support of Senator Obama to bring change to Washington," the Illinois politician's campaign said. "Obama has a strong record of bringing people together from the left and the right to solve problems, leading with superior judgment on foreign policy issues and demonstrating fiscal responsibility," it said. The officials are all "crossing the divide of old politics to support Barack Obama for president". McCain has already been courting conservative Democrats and counts as one of his highest-profile supporters Senator Joseph Lieberman, the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 2000. Lieberman, a national security hawk who bitterly opposes Obama's plans to pull out of Iraq, now sits in the Senate as an "independent Democrat".

 

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